ExLisper 48 points 2 months ago

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Psythik 3 points 2 months ago

Seriously, OP is one lucky son if a bitch that they got to go to college, especially if it wasn't on their own dime. Most of us can't afford student loans.

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Dagobah 36 points 2 months ago

Congratulations on your masters that's something to be very proud of! What kind of career are you interested in?

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scutiger 36 points 2 months ago

Barista

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Ariselas 24 points 2 months ago

I'm sorry but we have had 3 English lit PhD candidates, one of whom pronounces it "expresso", and a doctor of philosophy apply. We've decided to go with someone who has more experience.

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k0e3 13 points 2 months ago

I have the most essperience.

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Ariselas 2 points 2 months ago

😂

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Frozengyro 31 points 2 months ago

The frustrating thing is advanced degrees can make it harder to get jobs outside of your degree.

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Track_Shovel 15 points 2 months ago

Within your area of expertise too, even. In my field, Ph.Ds are viewed as being overqualified with not enough field experience

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Sc00ter 8 points 2 months ago

I work in aerospace engineering and i hesitate to hire PhD. In my experience, PhD always want to find the best engineering solution and cant, dont, or wont bother to understand the business implications of budget and schedule. They simply cant say, "good enough," and move on. They always need 1 more study, or to so the 1 month model instead of the 1 day hand calc because it gives a more accurate answer, and theyre a pain in the ass to manage. Sometimes all management needs to understand is directional trends to make a decision

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Track_Shovel 5 points 2 months ago

Bingo. It's like this here too.

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Sc00ter 6 points 2 months ago

We recently ran into a situation where we got an update to NX and the new version physically couldnt model a part we had designed. The part was very specifically designed around its aero features. Our CFD PhD said itd take him 3 months to determine the impact to the features.

I sat down with one of the other engineers, we ran through every scenario possible, ran it all through 1d flow solver models, and determined worst case scenario (which we were certain wasnt going to happen) was 7 degree F change to the metal temperature. When we're talking metal temps 1200F+, 7 is insignificant.

We came to that conclusion in 4 hours and told the team to keep going with what NX could do.

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Rooster326 6 points 2 months ago

Well... Are they wrong?

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Track_Shovel 4 points 2 months ago

Not usually. For my sphere, you need field time to understand how things work. The academic smarts gives you the horsepower to the hardest problems, but it doesn't replace the foundational skills that comprise 97% of the work

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KindnessIsPunk 14 points 2 months ago

If my degree is not relevant to what I'm applying to I will either selectively reveal it or leave it out entirely for this reason.

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numanair 3 points 2 months ago

This was taught to me this was too

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Poem_for_your_sprog 10 points 2 months ago

You know you can decide what to put on your resume, right?

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gandalf_der_13te 1 point 2 months ago

that's why i never pursued a master's.

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nullspace 21 points 2 months ago

Retirement is the cliff you jump off at the end where you get to enjoy a few moments of bliss before you splatter into the ground.

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Track_Shovel 4 points 2 months ago

I love this

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corsicanguppy 2 points 2 months ago

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

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numanair 2 points 2 months ago

Nidhogg

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Sylence 18 points 2 months ago

Might be a hot take but I think both high school and university are (typically) much more difficult and stressful than career work. Constantly having to process, assimilate, and retain new information at a breakneck pace; perpetual assignments and exams which have huge educational, social, and monetary repercussions upon failure; all this while also having to find a way to earn enough money to survive on minimum wage shit jobs with zero job security or recourse for poor treatment.

Yes, by the time you're employed you probably have way more responsibilities both inside and outside the workplace which can make life more stressful, but no workplace I've been in has challenged me nearly so much as hs and uni.

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corsicanguppy 6 points 2 months ago

You know, there's some validity in that. College was hard as fuck; and half the stress was the jobs to keep living and going to class, but 3 jobs makes for little study and sleep. It's a race to the bottom where you may get a degree, or may die of malnourishment.

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Rolive 5 points 2 months ago

High school and university are also the times where you're the least interested in learning. Young people are far more likely to forego learning in favor of partying gaming etc.

Also I had a lot of trouble with assignments. It was always such a disconnected mess of random things that had no clear goal. The goals were decided on the spot by the teacher and the focus was more on pleasing them rather than learning.

At least with work it's simple. Here's your task, go and do it. There's no 1000 random little things to keep track of.

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tyranny 1 point 2 months ago

take too hot for me

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LittleBorat3 0 points 2 months ago

School and uni can be easier than work because you can rely on yourself and your intellect and work put in equals success in a way.

Work is 90 percent dealing with shitty people who should go to therapy but go to work instead. The burnout rate with work is be much higher if I had to guess.

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TubularTittyFrog 1 point 2 months ago

you just have a shitty job or a shitty manager.

i've had many jobs and none of them were like that, outside of a few shitty retail jobs I had.

good companies aren't like that. they are professional and people leave their personal shit at the door. and anyone who brings their personal shit into the workplace is terminated.

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Track_Shovel 5 points 2 months ago

Now it's time to get your hands dirty with just about everything that comes your way and build up that experience. You're not meant to be a master of your field, you're meant to be able to think intelligently about your subject matter

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searabbit 5 points 2 months ago

Can I eat experience too or...?

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FiniteBanjo 4 points 2 months ago

And about 50% of the time that dip before employment is an actual cliff/crevice.

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radiofreebc 3 points 2 months ago

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zxqwas 2 points 2 months ago

Eh, first few years. Eventually you'll be the old guy others ask for advice. Provided that you don't get bored and look for a different position.

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HexesofVexes 2 points 2 months ago

Employment is more like a slide down into a valley filled with sewage, with the next slope out labelled "surviving to retirement".

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burgermeister 2 points 2 months ago

I had to climb up the employment mountain before I was able to start getting any kind of degree

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corsicanguppy 2 points 2 months ago

Ha!

school
army
college habit and bankruptcy before degree
poor but working from contact in college
work work work work work work <- i am here

But hey. (Find something to) love (in) what you do and you'll never work a day in your life.

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burgermeister 1 point 2 months ago

Did you find something to love in what you do?

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DarrinBrunner 2 points 2 months ago

There's a short downward slope at the peak, and then it just drops straight down. Assuming you don't just die at your desk at work.

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Ariselas 4 points 2 months ago

Well then it's only 6' down.

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Etterra 2 points 2 months ago

It's all a lie, and always has been.

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gandalf_der_13te 1 point 2 months ago

the upper class will say that "one must imagine sisyphus happy". this is a psy-op to make us think that the struggle is good, actually

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MonkeMischief 1 point 2 months ago

Lol I catch myself saying this so sarcastically sometimes. There's fulfillment in meaningful struggle, at least...

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ILikeBoobies 1 point 2 months ago

A PhD will delay the last panel a few years.

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WoodScientist 1 point 2 months ago

Don't forget the post doc!

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SalamiDommie 1 point 2 months ago

I am currently on the successful at entry level positions. Wondering how I get to leadership track or if I should...

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