01-12-2009, 02:17 PM
Quote:I often wonder if a Ph.D is a better measure of a persons willingness to put up with academic BS and department politics for an additional 4 to 6 years.
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Point taken. Well, in many european countries trying to obtain a PhD is normally done by giving you a 4 year contract at a university. So you get a salary that is a bit lower than what you could have gotten at a company, but not very much. Also you get all the other benefits like pension build up, allowance for paying monthly fess to medical insurance etc.
And by the way...department politics in industry are probably worse (especially because as a PhD student you hardly are bothered by these things).
By the way, yesterday I saw by accident a documentary about Arnold Schwarzenegger on TV. Let's just say it didn't increase my appreciation for actors in politics.