"Why doing a PhD is often a waste of time". I admit it, I didn't even read farther.
Would it even come to mind to people writing this kind of article that one might do a PhD by passion and interest? If one wants to do research and teach, on one hand doing a PhD is the (only?) way to start doing this two-sides job immediately after a master and on the other hand it's the better way to get this kind of job after?
And even if one doesn't want to pursue a career in academia, one could perfectly want to do some research in a first time and only after that get a job in industry. Maybe one doesn't care that he is not paid more than if he did get a job in industry right after his master, because he did something that passionated him for a few years in between?
Seriously what's the point of this kind of article? A PhD is a fantastic adventure! If people want to do a PhD let them. People don't do PhD to earn more money, that's just a stupid idea.
EDIT: Ah! I'm happy to see that while I wrote this comment a few others with the same idea were posted :-).
Would it even come to mind to people writing this kind of article that one might do a PhD by passion and interest? If one wants to do research and teach, on one hand doing a PhD is the (only?) way to start doing this two-sides job immediately after a master and on the other hand it's the better way to get this kind of job after?
And even if one doesn't want to pursue a career in academia, one could perfectly want to do some research in a first time and only after that get a job in industry. Maybe one doesn't care that he is not paid more than if he did get a job in industry right after his master, because he did something that passionated him for a few years in between?
Seriously what's the point of this kind of article? A PhD is a fantastic adventure! If people want to do a PhD let them. People don't do PhD to earn more money, that's just a stupid idea.
EDIT: Ah! I'm happy to see that while I wrote this comment a few others with the same idea were posted :-).