Is "PhD regret" a thing? The data and how to avoid it
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- čas přidán 30. 06. 2024
- In this video, I share the top regrets PhD students have and how to avoid them.
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0:00 - the data
1:14 - hiatus from major professional goals
3:07 - relationships
4:26 - mental health
6:07 - financial regret
8:29 - how to avoid regrets
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After searching on the internet it seems like there’s no reason anyone should ever do a PhD unless they simply want pain for no reason.
So many regrets, man. I don't even know where to begin. PhDs in my country don't pay, scholarships are extremely rare, there is no such thing as a day off (not even when you're sick). I wonder why my mental health has been deteriorating... Your videos have helped me gain so much motivation to step up and move on. I just finished my analysis and have started writing my thesis. Could you please do a video about what to do when you lose interest in the subject but still want to finish what you've started (e.g. because it's a requirement for your "dream job" or because you're only 4 months away from submitting)? I suppose with the pandemic and the war and everything going on many people have or might become disillusioned and detached...
What is your field of investigation?
I know so many penniless PhDs in America. They get trapped working in academia as adjuncts. They are on Medicaid making minimum wage. Truly sad.
Maybe we should stop judging people by their income? Most people who provide broad social goods are paid lowly
In Europe, I haven't seen any PhD not getting paid, much less getting into loans. I hope I won't sound obscene, but working for free is a dumb thing to do.
If you're doing a PhD and not getting paid, consider that you're enabling a corrupt system, so you're not really doing anyone a favor.
In Greece they don't pay PhDs. 😐
@@anne.athenadura That's true in many cases but not the rule in my experience. Most people I know still get funding to do the PhD in Greece too. Though it's more hustle and mediocre salary in the end (part of the reason I left Greece). Also, depends on the field.
Wow this was surprisingly helpful! Currently in between my Msc and phd, and I have a former supervisor who loves my work and wants me as his phd student, really the love-bombing thing.. Being aware of this will help me in phd-position-decision-making :D
Great video. Thank you for making these. People should know what they're getting into. When you're 20 something you don't understand how much you're really giving up.
As a late bloomer (over 30yo) who found his passion in linguistics, sometimes I wonder if pursuing something beyond a BA is worth it (though the plan is doing a PhD), mainly because of my age and the need of having a job in order to survive. This video makes me...not less anxious, but at least I feel more clear-minded. Thanks.
your videos are so helpful and useful! Despite being a postdoc I still enjoy watching these!
Wow.. u covered all the points i forgot i regret about 😂
I am starting a phd program in September, thanks to you and your advise, I got in! And i am glad to hear this before I start the program.
This is a very insightful video. Thank you.
You're very welcome, Ayodeji!
I unfortunately relate to most of the content you covered. After finishing masters I decided to work for a few years in industry and after trying a few jobs made the decision to do a PhD. 2 and a half years later I'm still here and I don't think I've enjoyed it yet. I've wanted to leave a few times and ended up stopping myself as I fear that leaving a PhD coupled with jumping between jobs several times before making the decision to return to school would be really detrimental to my resume.
I totally regret not getting a Masters instead, like you said 2 years and boom, you’re done! The extra 2.5 years I need to wait before becoming financially stable and starting a family is something I regret
Why?
This is no "Love Bomb", however, the beard-stroking made me blush..😊I am really enjoying your content Andy... I APPRECIATE YOU DEAR...✌
Love the videos mate! Starting my PhD in October. Just realized that I havent been hitting the like bottons on all your videos!!! Heading back now to like every single one. Keep up the good content.
Also would love a video about your specific research in depth, pics of your journey, your Viva experience and everything else :)
about the loans and financials, how do you think scholarships factor into this? local vs international students?
PLEASE DO A VIDEO ON FULL PROFESSORS WHO TAKE FIRST-AUTHORSHIPS IN PHD AND POSTDOC STUDENTS' WORK. THIS IS A HUGE SCAM IN ACADEMIA AND RESEARCH WHICH IS TOTALLY HUSHED UP AND UNADDRESSED.
We should do a new study, I know so few without regrets
About being over qualified, is it considered unethical to just leave your PhD off your resume if you think it’ll hurt a job? I can kinda see arguments for both sides.
I wouldn't think it's unethical at all. The only possible problem is that it could cause an apparent gap in employment on your resume that they might ask about
PhD training in this day and age pretty much is trying to get you into academic research and publishing, aka a research license. Imagine trying to work in the real estate industry, would you pitch your life insurance license assuming that you have one? If you don't end up doing research, why does a PhD matter?
@@minhnguyen5527 because there’s many industries looking for advanced knowledge where the job isn’t purely based around research, but rather upper management and leading teams. A masters says you have knowledge in a field, a PhD it’s assumed you have advanced knowledge. But that cutoff line in industry is sometimes unclear depending on the vertical
@@dkcarey1I mean if working to please your advisor and on your own count as team management then sure, you didn't mention management consulting so it could be any employer and for that, I'd think experience triumphs fancy titles any day, with the exception of big corporate.
I actually want to add that the "adult life story" is not true always. I am spanish and moved to Belgium to do a PhD. After a while in a very toxic lab I needed to stop my PhD contract. As I didn't have any salary anymore I needed to go back to Spain. Once I got there I hitted a wall and I am still trying to fight against that. Industry is not that pretty as everyone says. I have seen PhD collegues doing better than how I am currently doing myself. Spending thousands of dollars to enrol to master's that give me agreements to do traineeships underpaid. Nobody talks about that.
Hi Andy, video request. How does a PhD understand where to publish and how much material is enough to start writing a paper for it to be published. Say the person is independent from his guide.
This is really something your phd supervisor guides you with
@@stukjesvlees but what if the guide is not there.
@@ramitdas2604 Could you not ask another professor within your research group for help? Or ask phd students within your group who guides helps with this.
Hi, there is no group.
@@stukjesvlees But yes other professor's are there but they are interested in other areas. So actually it seems like I am blaming my guide or something. But, perhaps the more important thing is I want to work in what I realised (later) on an area very different from my guide's area of skillsets.
I love the comment on love bombing. I have been love-bombed many times, and now I know I have to resist.
Are you working in an industry now? Or still in academics?
Since my PhD I've been in the explosives industry and then back to do a few postdocs. Now I start and run online businesses.
@@DrAndyStapleton what’s your PhD regret? Tell us. 🙁
It’s as high as divorce rates. Don’t get married!!!