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Do a PhD they said, academia is great
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Western academia is a joke.
7(!) years. Wtf. I hope there are not many data points there.
Well, eventually you get to Ted Streleski with the ball-peen hammer at the end of the bell curve
My PhD took 8 years. The last 2 years I had on and off funding. My PI did his best to scrounge and move money around but there will be months where I don't get paid. As such, I had to work part-time in Fedex warehouse and university climbing gym to pay the bill while writing my thesis.
Fuck, the Y axis is a delta... 7 years of continuously increasing the dosage. But it seems like you're finally gonna reach the inflection point. Good luck buddy
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