Comment on Ask HN: Physics PhD at Stanford or BerkeleyComments−giardini1y1. Do you really want a PhD? If you believe so, then read "Don't become a scientist! Philip Greenspun edition" athttps://infoproc.blogspot.com/2008/05/dont-become-scientist-...2. Years ago Greenspun graphed level of education vs pay scale. Salaries maxed out at a masters but plunged to high-school levels beyond that. See the graph below "Not So Very Serious Stuff" at:https://philip.greenspun.com/careers/In summary, best get a master's and pass on the Ph.D. Bonus: you'll gain an extra 3-7 years of your young life (doing what you want).Also look at "Grad school versus prison, quantified".Wish I'd known all this when I was younger.https://philip.greenspun.com/blog/2018/12/09/grad-school-ver...
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1. Do you really want a PhD? If you believe so, then read "Don't become a scientist! Philip Greenspun edition" at
https://infoproc.blogspot.com/2008/05/dont-become-scientist-...
2. Years ago Greenspun graphed level of education vs pay scale. Salaries maxed out at a masters but plunged to high-school levels beyond that. See the graph below "Not So Very Serious Stuff" at:
https://philip.greenspun.com/careers/
In summary, best get a master's and pass on the Ph.D. Bonus: you'll gain an extra 3-7 years of your young life (doing what you want).
Also look at "Grad school versus prison, quantified".
Wish I'd known all this when I was younger.
https://philip.greenspun.com/blog/2018/12/09/grad-school-ver...