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[–] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

God damn that’s impressive. (The degrees not reading lots of random shit on the internet lol)

Out of curiosity, how long did it take you? I’m just starting into grad courses and a PhD does sound enticing (even though as an engineer I’d likely get paid less as with a PhD than an MS lol)

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    Dual major/minor BS - 4 years, but I did 4 extra semesters during summer/winter breaks.

    MS - 3 years

    PhD - 4 years

    If I could do it over, I would have skipped the PhD. I finished my PhD in 2008, when the economy went to shit. I was making $10 an hour 2008-2011 during my postdoctoral fellowship. After my fellowship was over, I couldn't find an industry job, so I ended up using my publications to get into contract writing for insurance companies, and now I do all of the benefits for our states Assembly.

    The best part is having companies like Regeneron, or Fisher Scientific cold call me to offer me jobs that only need a BS, and that pay less than what I make now after having my resume for over a decade. (I make $30 an hour now, get 5 weeks of vacation a year, on top of sick time, and insurance with 0 deductible costs me less than $100 a month.) I told Curia that $50 an hour was my absolute floor, and HR person was like, "That's a bit out of our reach." My reply was, "That's why you're still hiring."

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