So in 11 days, March 15, I should have my PhD and be gainfully unemployed. Yuck! Honestly I'm really not feeling all that proud of my PhD. I already know that many business people think people with a PhD are elitist or know-it-all's or will demand a high paycheck. Really, most of us just really want to earn a real paycheck after years of working for our tuition and a paltry part-time stipend.
I can say that there is one thing from this process I am proud of. I am proud that I completed my degree a quarter early despite all that I faced: getting married, getting pregnant, having one adviser move across country, having another adviser pass away, and having my daughter 5 weeks early, and raising her while writing my dissertation.
After I lose my job, I'm going to start cleaning out our apartment, selling furniture, and generally preparing to move. Hopefully we can generate a little cash so we can pay movers to get us out of our 3rd & 4th story apartment.
PhD and Unemployed
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You can prove that you have enough drive and initiative to reach your goals even when things happen. I've seen people far smarter than me bomb out because they weren't able to try the 7th tweek after their experiment failed 6 previous times.
You have an excellent bull$h*t detector. And BS can come from many sources including your major professor.
You can read and analyze on the fly.
Sometimes those are skills that, ahem, will terrify the business boss to be. Especially skill 2.
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Jerry
P.S. That was pretty awesome, baselle.
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