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Aug 5, 2019
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HarlemCoug
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if you are the inventor of a procedure or device and are a PhD, then it lends credibility to your company.
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POLL: Does it make sense to pursue a PhD ever unless your goal is to teach?
Mayor of Cougartown
8/5/19 3:14pm
I mean, you’re thinking PhDs outside of the medical field, right?
Duke Silver
8/5/19 3:15pm
Do you mean MD?
Solomon Levi
8/5/19 3:16pm
Oh whoops, I was just thinking doctorate. Disregard my ignorant
Duke Silver
8/5/19 3:18pm
yeah, the non doctor doctors. Who still want to be called doctor. Those guys
Mayor of Cougartown
8/5/19 3:16pm
In a hard science or a quantitative field, it can be a very good move
Baron
8/5/19 3:15pm
I would not have the job I have right now without a PhD.
TheWanderer
8/5/19 3:30pm
If you're an entrepreneur at heart - having a PhD will help you raise capital.
HarlemCoug
8/5/19 3:17pm
I'm honestly curious here. How does a PhD help?
WDaddy
8/5/19 9:17pm
if you are the inventor of a procedure or device and are a PhD, then it lends credibility to your company.
HarlemCoug
8/5/19 9:24pm
Analyst, demographer, researcher, experimental scientist, etc.
Byron McNertney
8/5/19 3:18pm
What about a PHD as an analyst and a therapist? Common? I have to imagine
Baron
8/5/19 3:19pm
and a masters degree in the field isn't enough?
Mayor of Cougartown
8/5/19 3:20pm
For an analyst therapist? Like a Master Analyst Therapist?
Baron
8/5/19 3:21pm
There’s got to be a shorter way to say that
Longbow Cougar
8/5/19 3:35pm
Any of those on here? What would it be?
Baron
8/5/19 3:37pm
This thread needs a new start
Longbow Cougar
8/5/19 3:48pm
Government agencies, pharmaceutical companies, and places like that often require a PhD.
Byron McNertney
8/5/19 3:22pm
oh ok.
Mayor of Cougartown
8/5/19 3:23pm
Sometimes, when seeking to perform a job, we don't want minimal sufficiency.
TheWanderer
8/5/19 3:44pm
I'm just not sure writing and researching for a big paper/dissertation thing
Mayor of Cougartown
8/5/19 3:47pm
Yes. Quite so. And a PhD is a *cheaper* way to economize my training.
TheWanderer
8/5/19 4:04pm
I disagree with your assessment on on the job training v PhD re:costs.
jvquarterback
8/5/19 4:33pm
Having worked with some self trained statisticians......I'm not so sure.
TheWanderer
8/5/19 4:49pm
That's pretty bad. They're both undergrad tests and if a guy 20 years removed
jvquarterback
8/5/19 5:33pm
There are valid thoughts here.
TheWanderer
8/5/19 10:06pm
I will also add that I have yet to see a BS self train to a PhD level.
TheWanderer
8/5/19 4:55pm
"Is there really additional learning and subject mastery going on?"
TheWanderer
8/5/19 4:08pm
are you even arguing the right thing? You said graduate degree which I
Mayor of Cougartown
8/5/19 6:41pm
But a PhD has no value? Why does the value stop at a master's degree?
TheWanderer
8/5/19 10:04pm
I’ve found that a masters is more employable.
LaserCoug
8/5/19 10:08pm
I do think this is somewhat a result of the thoughts like the OP.
TheWanderer
8/6/19 10:45am
I work at a national lab and my masters isn’t quite enough.
LaserCoug
8/6/19 11:49am
I work at a national lab and they have no idea how to use a non-nuclear PhD...
TheWanderer
8/6/19 12:30pm
Totally depends on the program. I laugh at the number of mechanical engineer
LaserCoug
8/6/19 5:36pm
The dissertation is just the capstone project.
The Dark Knight
8/5/19 4:13pm
Lots of great opportunities in industry for engineering Ph.D.s
Kilgore Trout
8/5/19 3:21pm
Certain types of mental health professionals need it IIRC
JollyGreenGiant
8/5/19 3:21pm
Principal, administrator, consultant, researcher, analyst, economist
Gustav
8/5/19 3:22pm
I got one and everyone on my R&D/Product Development team has one
2FarGone
8/5/19 3:28pm
My workplace is filled with them. Engineering/research requires a skill set
LaserCoug
8/5/19 3:34pm
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tassell
8/5/19 3:35pm
I worked at a fairly large aerospace company between undergrad and grad school.
AggieWeekendCougar
8/5/19 3:39pm
To be a licensed psychologist
The Dark Knight
8/5/19 3:46pm
Our R&D scientists in the lab need a PhD to be a boss. Engineers masters is req
Kauai
8/5/19 4:05pm
I Work with a bunch of phD statisticians in an academic pediatric department
Great38
8/5/19 4:09pm
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