JoshuaFox comments on Grad Student Advice Repository - Less Wrong

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Comment author: magfrump 15 April 2013 02:47:51AM 3 points [-]

You have other career options available.

What do you do if you want to do a PhD, satisfy all the other criteria, and DON'T have other career options available?

I can't imagine that doing a PhD is worse than sitting on your ass unemployed, but if you have ideas about this I'd be interested to hear.

Comment author: JoshuaFox 15 April 2013 09:51:31AM 0 points [-]

DON'T have other career options available?

Then create some career options for yourself. A PhD is unlikely to be the way to do so, however.

Comment author: magfrump 15 April 2013 04:48:16PM 1 point [-]

I may agree with you, but that doesn't give me constructive advice for people who are in or considering PhDs and not interested in much else.