PhD programmes need to better prepare students for careers outside universities, researchers warn.

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  • Guidy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 day ago

    That’s all swell but you know what?

    It isn’t about what the world needs.

    If you have the desire, ability and opportunity to get a PhD in accounting then that’s what you should do.

    Everything else is equivalent to someone telling you that, “the world needs ditch diggers, too.”.

    Fuck people like that. Let them forgo their passion in life, not you.

    • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      20 hours ago

      OP didn’t touch on a major issue for PhD holders: over qualification. I’m a good example, even not having earned a degree. Can’t get a low-level IT job because my experience is too much. Nobody wants to hire somebody that’s able and likely to jump ship at the first opportunity.