fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 years agoWhat does a PhD mean?mander.xyzimagemessage-square87fedilinkarrow-up11.12K
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minus-squareS_204@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up77·2 years agoI know a guy with a PhD in medieval agriculture with a specific focus on cows. He’s one of my brothers wife’s friends. This guy devoted his life to ye olde english cow farts. He’s struggling for employment as one might expect.
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·2 years agowhereas I , with my bachelors degree in clowning, have been head hunted for my last two corporate jobs.
minus-squareStuka@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-22 years agoWho even funds degrees like that? You end up with fewer job prospects than a GED
minus-squarepinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoDegrees like that aren’t about a paycheck. It’s about more important things than that. They ought to be subsidized by government if anything.
I know a guy with a PhD in medieval agriculture with a specific focus on cows. He’s one of my brothers wife’s friends.
This guy devoted his life to ye olde english cow farts.
He’s struggling for employment as one might expect.
whereas I , with my bachelors degree in clowning, have been head hunted for my last two corporate jobs.
You are now CEO of FTX
Who even funds degrees like that?
You end up with fewer job prospects than a GED
Degrees like that aren’t about a paycheck. It’s about more important things than that. They ought to be subsidized by government if anything.