I'm starting a PhD in Mathematics a few months from now. But something is bothering me. The last 3 PhD students in the group have apparently dropped off the radar - no normiebook, email address or linkedin. Virtually zero online presence
Even my professor has no idea.
Am I to assume they killed themselves after graduating because they couldn't find a job? I've heard PhD students have it pretty bad on job prospects compared to freshly minted undergrads.
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working for the cia probably
I've read their theses from the college libary's archive. It was written in Microsoft Word and graphs were made in Excel. I'm not even joking.
Maybe they found jobs and dropped their online presence to focus on work.
Haha, just kidding. They're totally fucked.
So suicide then? Seems plausible. I mean one of the guys unironically wrote their thesis in Microsoft Word...
top kek
still, i think being hired to do top secret or high profile work is more likely than suicide
Who gives a shit about that? What was his phd focused on? If he worked on stochastics he's earning more money that he knows what to do with it on Wall Street, if it's in stats he's probably working for google on their algorithms, etc.
I don't really think so. They're theses were below average at best. Mostly just a literature review and text book proofs and derivations
You do realize that theses are almost always a formality, right? They usually ask their professors what's the fastest thing they can do to get ther phd and do just that.
What tier is your PhD program?
Look, I dont want to freak you out, but if it's not a top tier program they are likely in deep trouble.