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How did you handle the "grad school vs job after college" debate? What choice did you make? Do you think it was the best choice?

>> No.12423673

I immediately decided against getting a job and went to grad school without a second thought. It was a good decision.

>> No.12423681

>>12423640
It wasn't a choice for me. I wanted to do a PhD without a hesitation. You barely scratch the surface in undergrad physics, and I liked doing research.

>> No.12423730

>>12423681
this,wasn't sure if i wanted a masters when i was freshman sophomore but as a junior it is becoming very apparent that undergrad lacks a lot of depth. Definitely going for masters.

>> No.12423738

>>12423640
I knew I wanted to go to grad school the moment I applied for undergrad so I made the choice long ago. I think it was a good choice, especially because the job market is in shambles and I get to ride out the recession without having to deal with it.

>> No.12424674

I started school knowing I'll only go for a bachelor's since I'm doing mech engineering

>> No.12425295

>>12423640
Broke: "The literature suggests..."
Woke: "By my personal intuition..."

>> No.12425306

>>12425295
Bespoke: "It was once revealed to me in a dream..."

>> No.12426795

>>12423640
I took the neetpill.

>> No.12426804

>>12423730
>this,wasn't sure if i wanted a masters when i was freshman sophomore but as a junior it is becoming very apparent that undergrad lacks a lot of depth. Definitely going for masters.

FYI: masters lacks a lot of depth. PhD is the only option honestly.

>> No.12427025

>>12423640
>choice

>> No.12427029

>>12426804
Depends what you want. If you want a good survey of the field to understand what people tell you and show you then a master's can be enough. If you want to understand exactly how to produce those insights and execute them then a PhD is the best bet.

Masters are for people who are just trying to apply cutting edge stuff, PhD if you wanna make it

>> No.12427071

>>12425306
Based and Jungpilled

>> No.12427095

>>12425306
blessed post

>> No.12427132

>>12427095
Did anyone else attend any of the chaos seminars in the dream realm?

>> No.12427545

>>12427029
I'm not wasting a quarter of my 20s (at least) sucking some advisor's dick. 1.5 years for a masters? fine.

>> No.12427563

>>12423730
Masters is just a year or two of grad courses with a smidgen of research lol

>> No.12427585

>>12427563
isnt phd just an excuse to spread your research out over longer time?

>> No.12428257

>>12426804
>>12427029
>>12427563
>>12427585

In Europe you have to complete a masters program before you are able to do a Phd. As far as I know the same thing applies many other countries like Japan and Canada.

In the US that's of course handled differently

>> No.12428698

>>12423640
I started working for a prof as a researcher part time during my undergrad. At the time I wasn't sure if I wanted to go to grad school. I liked the idea of doing research, which swayed my opinion towards grad school. My major was mechanical engineering. I heard from people who got co-op jobs (I didn't) that with just an undergrad you're limited in what jobs you can do. You're more likely to end up picking existing components from catalogs and spreadsheets than you are to actually do groundbreaking design work, which is what I wanted to do. That's really what pushed me over the edge to decide to go to grad school. As to whether it was a good decision, I don't know yet. I'm one semester into my Masters.

>> No.12428783

>>12423640
>How did you handle the "grad school vs job after college" debate?
i had a job lined up and turning it down would have been crazy

>Do you think it was the best choice?
i don't know. i worked in a lab so i don't know what research is like at all
my job sucks though so like, i regret leaving my youth to become a wagie but having money is very nice

>> No.12428786

>>12428783
>i worked in a lab so i don't know what research is like at all
i meant to say that i never worked in a lab**

>> No.12428895

the grad job market was completely holocausted by corona so doing a PhD was the easiest decision of my life

>> No.12430125

>>12423640
I took a job first but absolutely hated it so I went back to school. I'm never working another day in my life. If I fail as an academic I'm gonna NEET