[ILUG] Phd/Masters or Job

[Frank Duignan]

Leaving phd's etc until later on can be a bit risky because "life just
happens" in the meantime - husbands/wives/partners, jobs, mortgages, kids
and so on all tend to absorb all time and energy leaving part time studies
to fall between the cracks.  If you have a well defined research programme
then the best time may well be sooner (on a full time basis) rather than
later.
f.

On 22/02/2008, Timothy Murphy <gayleard at eircom.net> wrote:
>
> On Friday 22 February 2008 01:09:59 pm Liam McDermott wrote:
>
> > I am currently doing a PhD in Computer Science in UCD, and as someone
> who
> > jumped into a PhD straight after my degree i would tend to advise
> against
> > it.
> >
> > I would advise working for a year and deciding then. Its worth
> remembering
> > that you can do a PhD part time and there is nothing to stop you reading
> up
> > on an area before deciding to start a PhD.
>
>
> CompSci students ain't wot they used to be.
> In the good old days, they were all overweight,  with long unwashed hair,
> wore coffee-stained tee shirts, and were rarely seen
> as they only came out at night, like badgers.
>
> They were more or less incapable of holding down normal jobs,
> so they lived and worked in universities 4 floors below ground level,
> and were given PhDs after 10 years, out of kindness.
> Then they all became millionaires, or else went into mental hospitals.
>
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