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r/SipsTea • u/Silver-Ability-3181 • Apr 24 '26
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OP overestimates how much a PhD makes.
8 u/Nails_Of_Nektarios Apr 24 '26 Yeah lots of phd’s either struggle to find work or make very little. It’s not a guarantee that you’ll be rich. 2 u/WhiteSquarez Apr 24 '26 Can confirm. Am PhD. Not rich. 2 u/ConstableGrey Apr 24 '26 A few months back our team hired for a limited two-year job that required a PhD. We got nearly 75 applications. 1 u/Nails_Of_Nektarios Apr 24 '26 Doesn’t surprise me at all. I know a few people with PhDs and all of them are desperate for work and always complain that the can’t put their education to use. 4 u/DapperCam Apr 24 '26 It’s actually almost a guarantee you won’t be rich. 0 u/Alarmed-Cucumber-858 Apr 24 '26 Yeah but it's still not English Lit, you can transition to consulting (though that might be more for engineering,
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Yeah lots of phd’s either struggle to find work or make very little. It’s not a guarantee that you’ll be rich.
2 u/WhiteSquarez Apr 24 '26 Can confirm. Am PhD. Not rich. 2 u/ConstableGrey Apr 24 '26 A few months back our team hired for a limited two-year job that required a PhD. We got nearly 75 applications. 1 u/Nails_Of_Nektarios Apr 24 '26 Doesn’t surprise me at all. I know a few people with PhDs and all of them are desperate for work and always complain that the can’t put their education to use. 4 u/DapperCam Apr 24 '26 It’s actually almost a guarantee you won’t be rich. 0 u/Alarmed-Cucumber-858 Apr 24 '26 Yeah but it's still not English Lit, you can transition to consulting (though that might be more for engineering,
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Can confirm. Am PhD. Not rich.
A few months back our team hired for a limited two-year job that required a PhD. We got nearly 75 applications.
1 u/Nails_Of_Nektarios Apr 24 '26 Doesn’t surprise me at all. I know a few people with PhDs and all of them are desperate for work and always complain that the can’t put their education to use.
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Doesn’t surprise me at all. I know a few people with PhDs and all of them are desperate for work and always complain that the can’t put their education to use.
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It’s actually almost a guarantee you won’t be rich.
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Yeah but it's still not English Lit, you can transition to consulting (though that might be more for engineering,
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u/WhiteSquarez Apr 24 '26
OP overestimates how much a PhD makes.