15th March 2011, 08:09 PM
There's one piece of advice I can give you.
Only do a PhD if you CANNOT live without it.
A PhD is fiendishly hard work, with little reward. It may well screw your personal life and your finances to no end. Lecturing jobs, post-docs etc are (as others have said) v. difficult to get. A PhD means relatively little in the commercial world. I was once sat in a site hut with three doctors all working as diggers.
If you still have that burning desire to do the research then Good Luck! It's a great feeling when you walk out of the viva and the whole thing is over
Only do a PhD if you CANNOT live without it.
A PhD is fiendishly hard work, with little reward. It may well screw your personal life and your finances to no end. Lecturing jobs, post-docs etc are (as others have said) v. difficult to get. A PhD means relatively little in the commercial world. I was once sat in a site hut with three doctors all working as diggers.
If you still have that burning desire to do the research then Good Luck! It's a great feeling when you walk out of the viva and the whole thing is over