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/gsg/ Grad School General

Are ya hanging in there?
Currently waiting for reviewer comments and wondering if my labmates are going to be chuds by the next time I see them.

>> No.11870421
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>>11869341
>Are ya hanging in there?

>> No.11870451

I would do anything to get a PhD

Please don't make me get a real job, I don't want to codemonkey

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>>11870451
Codemonkey-ish PhD positions are good career choices IMO, you'll finish and be able to do more interesting coding work afterwards

>> No.11870712

>>11869341
(((rent money)))

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>>11869341
>>11870421
>>11870451
>>11870699
>>11870712
ITT: Boomers
Go back to facebook

>> No.11870750

>>11870735(cringe)

You can't be a yuppie and a boomer at the same time

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>>11869341
>autism st
>cringe ave

well at least he's self aware

also
>vore
lowest of the low in terms of fetishes

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>>11870750
Yes you can
Attention: /sci/ is for ZOOMERS only. All boomers must gtfo back to Facebook

>> No.11871785

>>11870773
Cope

>> No.11871843

I'm thinking about starting a PhD at age 33.
Is this ok or is it too late.
No industry experience. Just now getting bachelor's.

>> No.11871848

>>11871843
if you want to do it, then do it. It's maybe a little late if you're thinking of going to postdoc and academia, but if you're going to stop with a PhD then I don't see why not.

>> No.11871849

It’s funny cuz this thread has the same abbreviation as grand strategy general where I spent most of my free time when I was in grad school

>> No.11871851

>>11871848
Was thinking about getting a PhD and then going to do research at one of the national labs.
I guess the main issue I see is that I'd be starting my career at 40.

>> No.11871980

>>11871851
Someone in my program is old enough that his children are old enough to apply for graduate school with him.

>> No.11872062

>>11871851
I'm not sure. I would think as long as your PhD is from a strong university then you could get a national lab job. But I don't think professorship would be a good route.

Keep in mind national lab jobs don't pay that much and there's hardly any upward mobility. But if you like the work then go for it.

>> No.11872086

>>11872062
What is your definition of high pay

>> No.11872099

>>11872086
100k+ is what I'd consider "comfortable"

>> No.11872136

>>11872099
That isn't what I asked.
Also your metrics don't have any meaning if you aren't giving counter-examples.
Like of course it's easy for a 15 year old kid to claim that a $100K salary is mediocre but I don't see many people realistically exceeding much more than that.

>> No.11872137

>>11872086
Not him but being relative to cost of living is the most important thing; I can clear 200k in Boston (realistically I'm not burning a hole in my stomach with those jobs) but the city itself is expensive as shit

>> No.11872231

>>11872136
what is this autism about
I said national labs don't pay that much (which is true, they don't pay much because you're essentially a glorified lab tech for your whole life)

>> No.11872247

>>11872231
>>11872099
Jumping in to say salary isn't everything. Consider where you'll be and the general cost of living in that area.

>> No.11872488

>>11869341
has anyone ever gone for a phd in CS after working? currently working and would maybe throw away my career to do so but i feel like i'm wasting my life on the job

>>11872247
aren't the national labs in high cost of living areas or am i just thinking of LLNL and LBNL?

>> No.11873510

>>11872086

there are easier ways to make money

>> No.11874788

What sorta salary do PhD positions at national labs pay? Do they take anyone with a PhD in a loosely related field or just those who worked on topics that are directly applicable to the lab?

>>11872247
Agreed, "blessed are those who enjoy their work" -Christ 4:20

>> No.11875602

>>11871849
This is pretty funny, mr smart pants.

>> No.11875613

>>11872488
>idaho
>brookhaven
>los alamos
>jefferson
>oak ridge
>argonne
>fermilab
off the top of my head none of these are in high-cost areas
JPL is the only one I can think that's expensive

>> No.11875692

>>11874788
>Agreed, "blessed are those who enjoy their work" -Christ 4:20
blessed are those who not shackled to their work

>> No.11877765

Anyone have tips for writing reviewer comments?

>> No.11877811

>>11871843
>write your master work
>waste years
>someone from the industry uses your work to generate millions while you sit at home with your 50K/year

>> No.11877817

>>11877811
Checked. The reward of contributing something actually useful..... priceless

>> No.11877819

>>11877817
only a naive person would think so

>> No.11877821

>>11877765
>i think *insert useless bullshit* SUCKS
this is a strong candidate for universal application to bad research desu

>> No.11878020

>>11877819
How is that naive? The whole reason I'm in research is to feel like I've contributed something truly meaningful, and ideally to do this as many times as possible

>> No.11878068

>>11870735
>bags should be labeled as
AS WHAT??