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Why Not to do a PhD.

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  • 31-01-2012 7:16am
    #1
    Ficheall
    Registered Users Posts: 9,034 ✭✭✭


    Apologies if this has already been posted. Mods, move as you see fit.

    http://100rsns.blogspot.com/

    The author makes an awful lot of valid points.


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    mickstupp
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    I feel like I've just wasted my time reading through entries 1-13. I saw very little of any use, certainly not a lot of valid arguments. If the first 13 are any indication of the quality or substance of the rest, I have no interest in reading any more of it. It comes across as a whole lot of moaning by someone obsessed with money and how difficult it is to go to college. Maybe it improves drastically from entry 14 onwards?


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    Ficheall
    Registered Users Posts: 9,034 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    mickstupp wrote: »
    I feel like I've just wasted my time reading through entries 1-13. I saw very little of any use, certainly not a lot of valid arguments. If the first 13 are any indication of the quality or substance of the rest, I have no interest in reading any more of it. It comes across as a whole lot of moaning by someone obsessed with money and how difficult it is to go to college. Maybe it improves drastically from entry 14 onwards?

    Very little of any use? What use were you expecting to gain from it? :confused:
    Also, I dunno if I'd disagree with much of what is said in 1-13.
    13 is meh and I'd disagree with 7, 1 is probably a matter of opinion but aside from that...


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    baby and crumble
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    It does sound a bit moany alright...


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    the_syco
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    I only skimmed through it, as the guy has a big chip on his shoulder against people who actually went out and learnt something!


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    djpbarry
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    OP, whatever about the content, you cannot expect people to read an entire blog.

    If there are some specific points in the blog you would like to discuss, please direct us to them.


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    Ficheall
    Registered Users Posts: 9,034 ✭✭✭Ficheall


    baby and crumble wrote: »
    It does sound a bit moany alright...
    Which is surprising in a thread promising a hundred reasons why one ought not to do something...
    djpbarry wrote: »
    OP, whatever about the content, you cannot expect people to read an entire blog.

    If there are some specific points in the blog you would like to discuss, please direct us to them.
    I've no particular desire to discuss any of the points in the blog. I just thought it made for a worthwhile read, and didn't spot any suitable thread wherein one could just add a link of possible interest on the subject of phds etc.


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    djpbarry
    Registered Users Posts: 13,104 ✭✭✭✭djpbarry


    Well that's that then.


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