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whatever1today at 5:54 PM1 replyview on HN

If money is what you are after the PhD offers one of the worst (effort / probability of becoming rich) ratio .


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throwawaypathtoday at 9:16 PM

"Money" is subjective. Professors are paid a pittance (barely middle-class in some areas), are no longer generally respected, and are abused by their students and leadership at rates that have never been seen. There aren't many pros to academia.