This question is so far removed from reality that it doesn’t make sense.
PhD making $40k a year vs Uneducated making $120K
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I’ve actually been in both situations. When I was finishing up my doctorate, I worked for the Office of Naval Research for like $37K a year. My current and past job were 6 figures.
So, when I was the PHD student, I was always worrying about money. The trade off was that I was able to learn so much, explore new ideas, have conversations with very intelligent people. It was like being a starving artist (a classmate said that)
Now, making 6 figures I can pretty much buy what I want and I’m not worried about money. But, trade off, I’m not intellectually stimulated. I do the same shyt all week, working for a boring corporation.
Which one would I choose? 120K a year most definitely. I can still seek out knowledge and smart people. Not having to worry so much about money is a blessing. Being poor is stressful
i hope I never go back. Driving to work Thursday praying that you can make it home so you can put gas in first thing Friday morning the struggle lunches I made Checking the same text book out for 4 months in a row Eating off of someone else's unlimited meal plan
Here we go,
Another thread bashing education
people bashing education cuz they’d prefer the option where the pay is 3 times higher?
A smart dumb nikka ..
Them student loans ..
Lol but for real ... What about the mama (s) ??
The mother is another aspect. You would arguably look to marry someone who is connected to your field and earns a lot of money.
But I am going back to my point on self-employment. If I was literally capped at 40k, I would choose $120k. However if I'm putting in "fulfilling" work as a doctor, I'm going to pick something like technology and setup a company. Providing the company is lucrative, I will earn a dividend on top of my 40k a year. It should exceed, or at the least, take my total income above 120k.
They are probably residents fresh out of med school
I hope you know doctors don’t make six figures until after a couple of years .
Yeah I know fresh doctors aren't going to make AS much at first, but they still make 6 figures.
I was talking strictly PhD and not MD doctors
I made 75K with my first post-phd job. The next one a couple years later was 6 figures. And I’m not gonna lie, I love putting PhD after my name, stylin on folks at work
They are probably residents fresh out of med school
I hope you know doctors don’t make six figures until after a couple of years .
He said PhDs, Doctors in Philosophy. Not MD’s, Medical Doctors.
Semantics aside, There are actual PhDs who don’t make much more than a person with a bachelors. Hell, a lot of the adjuncts at my college we’re making less than I did at my old job (where I made half as much as I do now).
What PhD job pays 40K/y?
people bashing education cuz they’d prefer the option where the pay is 3 times higher?
Adjunct professor, Assistant Professor for some colleges and degrees, post-doc positions at universities, low-level government research jobs, editor of an academic journal, etc.
Peter Popoff
PROTECT YA NECK!! 🖕🏽🇺🇲
If you're making 40k wit a PHD, you deserve it.
beenz
Rap Guerilla
also factor in the phd most likely got hella student loans as well.
Whichever 1 finds their life the most fulfilling and exciting 
Elle Driver
Veteran
That’s why post docs love they work and got spouses making supplementary income 