焦急等PhD结果的同志们看看这篇文章稳稳心态。

老板一直不太支持我读PhD，今天给我发了篇the economist文章并称相当depressing的，看完后我觉得能不能读PhD无所谓，甚至不能读更好。原文：http://www.economist.com/node/17723223?story_id=17723223

ON THE evening before All Saints’ Day in 1517, Martin Luther nailed 95 theses to the door of a church in Wittenberg. In those days a thesis was simply a position one wanted to argue. Luther, an Augustinian friar, asserted that Christians could not buy their way to heaven. Today a doctoral thesis is both an idea and an account of a period of original research. Writing one is the aim of the hundreds of thousands of students who embark on a doctorate of philosophy (PhD) every year.[size=1.3em]In most countries a PhD is a basic requirement for a career in academia. It is an introduction to the world of independent research—a kind of intellectual masterpiece, created by an apprentice in close collaboration with a supervisor. The requirements to complete one vary enormously between countries, universities and even subjects. Some students will first have to spend two years working on a master’s degree or diploma. Some will receive a stipend; others will pay their own way. Some PhDs involve only research, some require classes and examinations and some require the student to teach undergraduates. A thesis can be dozens of pages in mathematics, or many hundreds in history. As a result, newly minted PhDs can be as young as their early 20s or world-weary forty-somethings.
[size=1.3em]One thing many PhD students have in common is dissatisfaction. Some describe their work as “slave labour”. Seven-day weeks, ten-hour days, low pay and uncertain prospects are widespread. You know you are a graduate student, goes one quip, when your office is better decorated than your home and you have a favourite flavour of instant noodle. “It isn’t graduate school itself that is discouraging,” says one student, who confesses to rather enjoying the hunt for free pizza. “What’s discouraging is realising the end point has been yanked out of reach.”
[size=1.3em]Whining PhD students are nothing new, but there seem to be genuine problems with the system that produces research doctorates (the practical “professional doctorates” in fields such as law, business and medicine have a more obvious value). There is an oversupply of PhDs. Although a doctorate is designed as training for a job in academia, the number of PhD positions is unrelated to the number of job openings. Meanwhile, business leaders complain about shortages of high-level skills, suggesting PhDs are not teaching the right things. The fiercest critics compare research doctorates to Ponzi or pyramid schemes.
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这个保守派刊物有个老外让我别读~~~没别的意思啊~~

这。。。lz我也没别的意思，但是这应该给rej的同学们读。。。给我们这些刚把材料寄出去的读岂不是泼冷水马后炮么- -

坚决不读phd的飘过……痛恨写paper……

这。。。lz我也没别的意思，但是这应该给rej的同学们读。。。给我们这些刚把材料寄出去的读岂不是泼冷水马后炮么- -
点儿都不好耍 发表于 2010-12-21 11:26

读不读PhD是自己的决定。这个文章讲了很多事实。当然这个文章是客观的当然也是片面的。

你老板是不是PhD? 他叫你不读是自己后悔还是怎么地?

你老板是不是PhD? 他叫你不读是自己后悔还是怎么地?

她是常春藤的phd，她说同学中现在混的好的都不是干的本行，她是少数几个混在学术圈的。她的项法是phd能随时读，工作青春什么的一去就不复返了。


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她是常春藤的phd，她说同学中现在混的好的都不是干的本行，她是少数几个混在学术圈的。她的项法是phd能随时读，工作青春什么的一去就不复返了。


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hanrui_542 发表于 2010-12-22 01:24

跟我老板差不多
除非很determinate要做学术的 否则先去industry赚钱再回学术界打酱油完全来的及

不适合我们这种几乎没industry的专业啊。。


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