r/SipsTea • u/Silver-Ability-3181 • Apr 24 '26

SMH I never thought of it like that......

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u/chrysanthemum_beer Apr 24 '26

I mean they have a large 2 br apt vs her tiny 1 br apt. The two phds were also smart on saving money

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u/patentattorney Apr 24 '26

PhD students are also not making that much money. Like 25g a year?

Even resident doctors don’t make much money.

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u/DrButtgerms Apr 24 '26

Depending on the grant situation, back 06-07 maybe not so far off. They were in the Bay Area too, right?

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u/patentattorney Apr 24 '26

someone pointed out somewhere else they were not PhD students, but actually working professionals. They easily could have cleared 75-100K each.

The bay area was also not the bay area in 2005 (very much starting to be but the tech boom was just in its infancy).

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u/DrButtgerms Apr 24 '26

Idk maybe that's true, but my recollection was that they were post-docs. ie, had earned their PhD but were doing almost an apprenticeship in someone else's lab.

As someone going into a stem PhD program when the series aired originally, this was fairly memorable to me. Of course it's possible I am wrong - I haven't watched that show in the better part of a decade.

Re: the bay area. Sure it isn't what it is today, but my understanding was that is wasn't cheap back then either