The worst? I stopped to do research after my PhD and now, I forgot everything. Dumb as a rock AND without any useful knowledge of my very peculiar subject.
But I still have the paper, yay!
this post was submitted on 22 Jan 2024
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But surely everyone greets you by saying "Dr. Fossilesque, I presume?".
That alone has got to be worth the overqualification issues.
Finishing up my thesis but, god I hope not. Those people are insufferable.
I called an associate professor by a common nickname derived from his actual name, thing is that it draws the thought to some drug addict from the 70’s. When I got my phd, he took to calling me by my title as a revenge.
What will you be doctoring?
Probably other doctors.
That's right, at the Skool of Hard Knocks.
The governor's signature
Better than people who insist on being called "Dr."
That's what I was referring to. 😅
The more PhDs I know and the closer I am to grad school, the more it feels like getting a PhD is about being stubborn than it is about being smarter than everyone in the room.
Yes.
In my experience it's being stubborn or possessing a robust resiliency to mental health damage. Being smart, or better yet from a family that is wealthy enough to support you just makes everything a fair bit easier.
Also, making friends with your advisors doesn't hurt either.
And a lot of debt, usually. Don't forget that one.
I got paid for the PhD. Not as much as I would have earned as a computer button pusher, but enough to live on.
I honestly believe that the usefulness of a specific piece of knowledge resembles the logarithmic curve, the higher your education already is.
I do not regret not going to grad school
If I were* smarter
When using be in an if clause for an unreal conditional sentence, always conjugate it as were, no matter what the subject is. Even if the subject is first-person singular (I) or third-person singular (he, she, or it), still use were with an if clause in unreal conditional sentences.
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/conditional-sentences-was-instead-of-were/
TIL: This is an artefact of my regional dialect. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/language-variation-and-change/article/abs/new-role-for-an-ancient-variable-in-appalachia-paradigm-leveling-and-standardization-in-west-virginia/3F069F1A76FBFFB75566131FB9D955C9 Apparently, the leveled was is a thing.
If you found it interesting and enriching to do that’s the most important shit. You have the opportunity to research a subject you like now I guess at least