Who here has or is pursuing a Ph.D and when in your life did you decide you were going to pursue one?
Ph.D?
Angel White
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Bentley Barnes
>when
from childhood b/c both parents have the degree
>what happened
I passed my courses, seminar, qualifying exam, and published three first author papers in a pretty good journal and then dropped out of a PhD program b/c I'm "mentally ill".
Now I'm unemployed, drink heavily, and shitpost.
(No I will not provide additional information.)
David Parker
>(No I will not provide additional information.)
not even your field of study?
Blake Wright
>Who here has (...) a Ph.D
Yup.
>when in your life did you decide you were going to pursue one?
At the end of my Bachelor's I suppose, though it wasn't a decision that was made at one point in time but rather one that evolved over some time. I sort of just rolled into science.
I did a long internship at the end of my Bachelor's, and over the course of that project I realized I actually like doing science (neuroscience). I continued with a research Master's program, got a job as a research assistant during that program, and my boss at the time recommended me to one of her collaborators who was looking for a PhD student. I applied, got the job, and that was that. Now I'm a post-doc.
Noah Russell
I got my leave to supplicate earlier this year.
It was never really a decision. I had no plans at the end of my undergraduate studies, so I applied to some universities for a laugh. Half assed letter of motivation, no research agenda, no knowledge of the professors there. Then, somehow, I got some offers. Since I still had nothing better to do, I decided to accept.
Unemployed at the moment. I'll probably pick up a post-doc next year, if I don't miraculously blunder into a real job.
Jason Young
>Now I'm a post-doc.
I'm sorry.
Evan Price
Don't be. I'm the happiest I've ever been.
Ayden Smith
Would you have continued working as a research assistant had you not been recommended?
Oliver Thomas
My job as a research assistant was for the duration of the Master's program. Contractually, I wouldn't have been able to continue after graduating.
William Peterson
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