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What does a PhD mean? (mander.xyz)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 74 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I know a guy with a PhD in medieval agriculture with a specific focus on cows. He's one of my brothers wife's friends.

This guy devoted his life to ye olde english cow farts.

He's struggling for employment as one might expect.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 10 months ago (1 children)

whereas I , with my bachelors degree in clowning, have been head hunted for my last two corporate jobs.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago

You are now CEO of FTX

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Who even funds degrees like that?

You end up with fewer job prospects than a GED

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Degrees like that aren't about a paycheck. It's about more important things than that. They ought to be subsidized by government if anything.