tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post1165204835165405417..comments2024-03-24T21:12:27.165-07:00Comments on 100 Reasons NOT to Go to Graduate School: 43. Attitudes about graduate school are changing.100 Reasonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13655155303350793785noreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post-31410907277021766122024-03-22T02:14:51.881-07:002024-03-22T02:14:51.881-07:00Top 10 Hotel Management Colleges in Pune<a href="https://www.lexiconihm.com" rel="nofollow"><b>Top 10 Hotel Management Colleges in Pune<br></b> </a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post-47916804139891893852019-07-08T03:50:20.670-07:002019-07-08T03:50:20.670-07:00To Anonymous on March 28, 2018 at 7:10 PM
All PhD...To Anonymous on March 28, 2018 at 7:10 PM<br /><br />All PhD turned postdocs or investigators in the field of life sciences are overworked, with workloads of at least 50 hours per week. Granted, some (curiously, those who are in industry) may make 100.000 euro per year (gross salary), but of what profit is to make money big time if you do not have time to spend it and no friends to enjoy it with?<br /><br />I have an MSc, got kicked off the PhD horse; currently work as lab technician for a small company and make 40000 euro a year (gross salary). Relaxed atmosphere, 40 hours per week, lovely boss and coworkers; I leave the laboratory and my brain also checks out. No work at home, no papers to publish, no reports to grade, not grants to write. <br /><br />I will let that sink in.<br /><br />Two wrongs don t make a right. Not al lawyers are overworked and coke-powered, not all nurses are burnt out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post-24887370157086591422018-03-28T19:10:11.301-07:002018-03-28T19:10:11.301-07:00Ceaseless torpid self referential pity...
Given ...Ceaseless torpid self referential pity... <br /><br />Given the general lax disposition of most students, demonstrating even some potential and acumen often leads to one of the few good jobs left in the general employment hell-scape. Many of the most motivated creative thinking students I went to grad school with are accomplished tenured faculty with excellent grad students of their own and a highly rewarding career (despite the awful and anti-democratic admin power grabs, avaricious politics, and student apathy). Of course excellent and deserving candidates get passed up, but that happens in every sector. Yes, the initial investment is high, but there is no reward without some risk. Of course, you will never get back all of the deferred and passed-up income as your wade through an eight year program. And indeed, the academy has done little to nothing to protect disciplines such as those in the humanities that do not compete in the neo-liberal race to the bottom.<br /><br />So where exactly do you think it is good nowawadayz? Eighty-hour a week career lawyers with sex and coke addictions, burnt out overworked nurses missing their families, or perhaps you would enjoy being an Aderall tweeking coder working 'till dawn, a precariate contractor never knowing when the next gig will happen, or a service sector employee running between three positions using public transit, or enduring unsafe back breaking working class labor, or perhaps being an undocumented labourer at the whim of an exploitative employer, or there is always the option of a gradual and dreary death in a pumped artificial air cube farm maybe even with union benefits and a boss who is not a psychopath. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post-22634446093662100532017-07-21T14:16:35.059-07:002017-07-21T14:16:35.059-07:00I agree, though this blog his primarily geared tow...I agree, though this blog his primarily geared toward the Humanities and social sciences, which are in a different boat than the medical sciences. But, yes, there is a sharp undercurrent of bitterness here. I, for one, thoroughly enjoyed grad school (History) and benefited from it in the long run.<br /><br />Dr. B.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post-71660167775891816962017-01-24T19:15:22.770-08:002017-01-24T19:15:22.770-08:00"Choices folks. One makes choices."...pa..."Choices folks. One makes choices."...patronizing much?Obviously your income was enough to pay your tuition and living expenses---congratulations! If you think your situation is analogous to everyone else's, then you should have majored in sociology, instead.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15560838928566341597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post-65486192263837790862016-04-06T07:46:35.714-07:002016-04-06T07:46:35.714-07:00Right on, Cookie!Right on, Cookie!Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02012304720913071795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post-65798332366258888562016-04-06T07:27:22.985-07:002016-04-06T07:27:22.985-07:00^I caught that "20 years married now" pa...^I caught that "20 years married now" part. Things are much different now, but there is no explaining this terrible thing that is grad school to anybody who is not experiencing it as it currently exists.Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02012304720913071795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post-27906187240712029962016-04-06T07:21:33.445-07:002016-04-06T07:21:33.445-07:00Unfortunately it doesn't work this way in the ...Unfortunately it doesn't work this way in the hard sciences. In my department (Biology) people work at the university 60-80 hours per week. People can't even get a part time job and the department strongly discourages it. They do try to ensure that there are enough TA positions around for people. Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02012304720913071795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post-34569470069256788592015-08-20T10:27:42.315-07:002015-08-20T10:27:42.315-07:00^ the irony right here is that the poster obviousl...^ the irony right here is that the poster obviously didn't read past the headline. But, who needs humanities right? We have bold-font and pictures now!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post-49559763970517033722015-05-24T17:29:32.278-07:002015-05-24T17:29:32.278-07:00Grad students will be the last to catch on to how ...Grad students will be the last to catch on to how the world looks at them, but how much lower can their reputation get?<br /><br />This week, the Washington Post compared Osama bin Laden to a grad student! http://wapo.st/1IMWu4eAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post-73229738544190535662015-04-03T07:07:24.257-07:002015-04-03T07:07:24.257-07:00This blog is more relevant than ever. I'm cur...This blog is more relevant than ever. I'm currently approaching the end of my first year in a social science PhD program and I'm not exactly in love with the situation. The tuition is free and I'm receiving a reasonable stipend, but it is becoming difficult to justify staying past the Master's. I feel like all of my job prospects are going to fall off a cliff after that point. The risk seems astronomical, and I couldn't properly weigh the risks until I was in the thick of it to see with my own eyes what it was really like. What can I say, I was naive.<br /> <br />I think my main problem is that I'm not deluded enough to spend the next seven plus years on all of this. I had full-time employment before I returned to school and I know what it's like "out there." Only a few people in my tiny cohort share in this experience. Thus, I'm somewhat alone in my feelings of wanting to be "practical" about all of this. The end result should be a job...right?!!?<br /><br />What really did it for me was witnessing one professor who had finished his coursework in 2009-2010 (I believe) and completed the PhD in 2014. All he could ever get were visiting professorships (one year here and there) and now he's back at his home institution, which seems to be creating major conflicts of interest in my opinion. Granted, this guy is a strange man, but perhaps no more strange than some of the other people that enter these programs. He clearly worked hard and did all of the "right" things, but look at where he is now... adjuncting and praying that something better comes along. It hasn't been verbalized, but it's obvious. And I said to myself, "This is a fairly recent graduate that MY program produced?" He isn't the exception, he's the rule.<br /><br />I know a lot of people say this blog helps people who are already out of the " academic bubble", but actually it also helps people like myself who constantly struggle in deciding what to do next. Thank you for helping me make some really important decisions that the academy would deem "a failure."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post-34225083838525761892015-03-14T10:57:53.290-07:002015-03-14T10:57:53.290-07:00This is depressing - that's all I've got t...This is depressing - that's all I've got to say. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post-8856964224322329272014-12-14T20:52:11.867-08:002014-12-14T20:52:11.867-08:00Going to school while "Money is not an issue ...Going to school while "Money is not an issue for me" and calming the system works. You already had money, so getting more money after college is not a big challenge. Your opinion: discarded. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post-91049429878013440332014-12-14T20:45:24.459-08:002014-12-14T20:45:24.459-08:00In addition Bill Gates bought DOS which limped him...In addition Bill Gates bought DOS which limped him along until he and Jobs stole technology from the XEROX Star computer. Windowed GUI's and mice were not even their creations. They just were in the right place at the right time. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post-5863523555320175442014-12-14T20:36:33.442-08:002014-12-14T20:36:33.442-08:00Works great if you are not poor, or have a easy ti...Works great if you are not poor, or have a easy time finding employment. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post-10920943364055240092014-08-28T13:49:39.972-07:002014-08-28T13:49:39.972-07:00Same with Bill Gates, who got his computer exposur...Same with Bill Gates, who got his computer exposure first through his prep school, then through consulting for a number of computer companies and his school as a teenager. Through Paul Allen he was able to intern at Honeywell his first summer out of college.<br /><br />It couldn't happen today. Even graduate students in computer science usually don't get that level of access to company resources and projects. Also, how many first-year liberal arts university students get to intern at companies like Honeywell? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post-83668011709843060922014-08-28T13:31:38.748-07:002014-08-28T13:31:38.748-07:00Loans until you are 47? I'm in my mid-40s now...Loans until you are 47? I'm in my mid-40s now, been in repayment over ten years, "looking forward" to another 20 or until I kick the bucket.<br /><br />All for a bottom-feeding public "university" masters' that I got screwed out of because the university wouldn't follow its own rules and regulations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post-61530021821920909192014-08-22T11:36:07.548-07:002014-08-22T11:36:07.548-07:00You forgot to add - the party faithful and those i...You forgot to add - the party faithful and those in demographics the party wishes to recruit.<br /><br />This is why, to cite one example, the UC system and many other public universities now have three tuition tiers - illegal immigrant (lowest or waived tuition), in-state, and out-of-state (highest tuition).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post-49873334184413930622014-08-16T11:53:29.855-07:002014-08-16T11:53:29.855-07:00Climbing the class ladder? Or having a roof, food...Climbing the class ladder? Or having a roof, food and occasional visits to the doctor? <br /><br />If that's climbing the class ladder then the world really has hit the skids.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post-69479841252238260842014-08-16T11:51:06.109-07:002014-08-16T11:51:06.109-07:00So high minded! So full of principle! So full of...So high minded! So full of principle! So full of shit.<br /><br />Most of us just aspire to a roof over our heads, food, and medical care when we need it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post-80093316902954505112014-08-16T11:48:48.097-07:002014-08-16T11:48:48.097-07:00Signs of the times:
"Don't Hire People W...Signs of the times:<br /><br />"Don't Hire People Who Went to Grad School"<br />https://www.americanexpress.com/us/small-business/openforum/articles/dont-hire-people-who-went-to-grad-school/<br /><br />"Why Google Doesn't Care About Hiring Top College Graduates"<br />http://qz.com/180247/why-google-doesnt-care-about-hiring-top-college-graduates/<br /><br />"Why Start-Ups Shouldn't Hire People With Graduate Degrees"<br />http://www.cbsnews.com/news/why-startups-shouldnt-hire-people-with-graduate-degrees/<br /><br />This trend smacks of outright prejudice. What's worse, it can't be fought.<br />It tells me that I have spent thousands of days competing to be a valuable and contributing human being, only to be told to get off the fucking island. Fuck that for a fucking game of soldiers.<br />Kids, drop out now. High school, college, graduate school, it's all the same. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post-67543028113490463262014-08-16T11:17:21.458-07:002014-08-16T11:17:21.458-07:00"The elephant is the room is USURY. Every Ame..."The elephant is the room is USURY. Every American Citizen should be able to borrow money interest free directly from our US Treasury for tuition to develop their skills and knowledge." <br /><br />This is not the elephant in the room. Interest rates on student loans are pretty nominal. The problem is too much money in the system, bidding up tuition prices, and institutions that have ceased to be accountable for what happens on their own campuses.<br /><br />And if you think loans should be interest-free, America is increasingly moving to loans that are "principal-free" for people who rack up hundreds of thousands of dollars in student loans and then pay only 10% of income ("Pay As You Earn") and will get the vast majority of this money forgiven either through federal service or after 25 years debt service. It's a win for everyone except the taxpayer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post-66909967852159466142014-08-16T11:08:54.804-07:002014-08-16T11:08:54.804-07:00Not only has the pot boiled over, but the plane ha...Not only has the pot boiled over, but the plane has crashed into the mountain. <br /><br />Time to get the popcorn out and enjoy the show.<br />There is nothing else to be done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post-7734074425759796772014-08-16T11:03:43.868-07:002014-08-16T11:03:43.868-07:00The whole scam is a Poverty Generator. The thinki...The whole scam is a Poverty Generator. The thinking behind it is that the Bureaucrat Party has tax dollars to "invest." They therefore loan it out under conditions that (up until VERY recently) guaranteed repayment. As more money floods the higher education system, the more students are "served," and tuition is kited higher and higher, thus requiring the majority of students to take out more and more in loans.<br /><br />However, the Bureaucrat Party is endeavoring to fulfill multiple objectives. They are not simply looking for a desirable direct rate of return on their "investment," they also desire to extend and maximize their power and influence.<br /><br />The students are impoverished upon graduation or departure. They are stripped of many options via debt, and are at once financially squeezed and yet indebted to the government that put them in this position. This group is then ripe for recruitment to the Bureaucrat Party. They will either become supporters who vote, or under new "loan forgiveness for government service" schemes become bureaucrats themselves. Most will seek to defend and prop up the bureaucracy and the Bureaucrat Party, who they believe saved their bacon.<br /><br />In the meantime, the Bureaucrat Party has largely gotten accolades for "providing equal access to education" while actually setting a mechanism in place that allows the Bureaucrat Party to pick and choose the beneficiaries of their "largesse," and drive tuition prices into the stratosphere.<br /><br />Resulting discrepancies in education and also incomes further play into the Bureaucrat Party's assertions of widening income gaps, which can be blamed on any rival political groups, and needs for expansion of compensatory benefits programs - to persuade voters and buy even more votes.<br /><br />The Bureaucrat Party may even decide it can afford to establish long-term limits on debt servicing - for example, 25 years. This enables students to enter into education programs far beyond their means, accumulate hundreds of thousands in debt, and make income-based payments on that debt that may not even equal the rate of interest. After 25 years, the principal all goes away - on the backs of the taxpayers, who have just shelled out hundreds of thousands for the education of the vast majority of people who take these loans out. NCES projects 1,606,000 bachelors' level students will graduate this year alone, along with 778,000 masters' degree holders and 176,600 doctoral degree holders. How many trillions will this make for in taxpayer subsidies when extended over a decade? Two decades?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276812992911002375.post-61006463218065596892014-07-25T13:03:14.742-07:002014-07-25T13:03:14.742-07:00"...college education in the US mainly benefi..."...college education in the US mainly benefits corporate America, who are the employers of college graduates. Education in America produces workers for corporate America, not citizens for the society."<br /><br />Actually, education in America doesn't do any of these.<br /><br />High-population mass societies have little incentive to produce effective workers or educated citizens. <br /><br />Rather than contemplate the aspiration of America (i.e. free, informed, industrious and employed citizens participating in a constitutional republic), consider that maybe America is heading toward a future that looks much more like India and China (effective one-party rule, vast income disparities, large state bureaucracies, no rule of law, widespread poverty, news media largely serves the governing class, high costs of multi-ethnic and multi-religious societies, lots of propaganda and vocational training masquerading as 'education' actually designed to fleece the masses and occupy their energies and attention, very little income mobility largely tied to party membership).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com