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Originally Posted by Hans Tucker
PHD's What are the good for?
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Hi Hans,
They can be useful for:
- gaining or retaining a job in academia,
- work in research & development settings,
- sometimes as a means of facilitating admission into other highly competitive fields of study and
- like all study, as a mechanism for personal or professional development in an area of interest.
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Originally Posted by Hans Tucker
A rather amusing story in the news today of a woman with a PhD believing she has a right to issue Vaccine exemption certificates even though her PhD is not in Medicine.
This made me recall a conversation with a work colleague whom mentioned to me that his family was pressuring him to complete a Doctorate .. apparently he is the only one in his family whom hasn't completed one and doesn't have the title of 'Dr' but he sees no real need to .. he is employed in a well paid job in the field he loves.
Soooo ... any IIS members here have completed a Doctorate ... if so why and has it opened up any promotion or extended positions your Bachelors Degree couldn't or hasn't?
Lets keep this a fun discussion ... its not about COVID or Vaccines.
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We have two in the family currently engaged in their PhDs, one in BioMed/Physiology, who interestingly has already authored a few papers, one even in the area of potential COVID treatment and the other PhD is in the Psych field. In both cases I can see that they are currently of benefit and indeed will be of future benefit to their prospects, beyond what their Bachelor's degrees would have provided.
Best
JA
