Basically, earn the degree in hopes of a better job and a sense of accomplishment or take the high paying job and quit the PhD program
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DrCrazyFishMan1
you would just complete it later, you can't 'quit` a PhD
Storpedo
I'm never going back! You can't make me!
Kendall Walls
The only reason you go to school is to get that good job if you can already get it more school is just wasting more money.
Bradley
It's what Bill Gates did :)
KyroDCK
He took computer engineering....
random1234
Well you will get a better job once you get your PhD
Big D
Maybe 30 years ago, but not in todays economy
Selflicky
BUT, you lose money going to collage.
Emma Napolitano
there's a job opening for a lab tech in a lab on my university's medical campus. the people applying for the job have PhD's and many have published more papers than the PI of the lab they're applying to. lab tech can be done by someone with a B.S. this might be just anecdotal, but having a PhD doesn't guarantee anything at all nowadays.
Charlie Ogden
the key word is HIGH paying job, without the extra work of a PhD
thi018
High paying jobs require lots of work and so does a PhD, but in the end would you rather be a wise man whom your kids think you are the smartest man on earth or a dad who wasn't there because he had to work...?
thi018
and not to say that you will be seen as a dad who didn't finish school, how would that work when you tell them to do their homework...
Grayson Goosey Mille
School is an atrocious thing, why would I continue through it meaninglessly and waste my time? I could take the job and teach myself far more, far faster.
Charmander
Take the phd. No telling how long your gonna have that job
Jeremy
You get the PhD to get a high paying job, so yeah..
chelsea_xoxo
Haha 69%
Bob
I like studying ;_;
Christofer Olsson
Very, very lame question.
n1nja_nacho
Depends on what the job is...
thi018
and not to say that you will be seen as a dad who didn't finish school, how would that work when you tell them to do their homework...
ColeYote
I can stop school AND I get a high paying job? YES PLEASE!
Rebekah Jean Waykedr
And what happens when you get fired or laid off and now you don't have a phD?
Seth T
Dont you study PhD's to get a high paying job?
Max
Screw education it's time to get some dosh!
TheOneMan
PhD? Nah
MERIPURSU
If I could be Gordon Freeman.
Sage
Crush those student loans!
Abdul Aziz
Shotty
Zachary Laron Mitchell
Are we making life decisions with this app now?
Priyanka Thundiyath
Yeah but if the high paying company you're working for goes under? Then you'd be without a job OR an education.
Yannick
I'm not a great studier.
Bill Nye The Soviet spy
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Rachel
I'm already a nursing student. I like the medical and healthcare fields so I'd be happier doing what I enjoy (and STILL making a lot). XD
Noah Washington
you go to college to get a high paying job
abcpo55
You could always finish the PhD if you lose the job!
Tuevon
PhD. Was planned for a year now.
Serj
Why can't we have both?
madifline
I'd rather finish my work that I've commited to rather than just Leave it.
skailyn
If you stay and finish school you can get a high paying job and be smart if you leave well that would just be dumb.... And you will have a degree for that so if you get fired you can easily find a new job.... Just saying
SHAZAM!
I'd much rather be smarter than richer
Jared Rojas
Bill gates, mark zuckerburg, and a bunch of other people left school
jmanaterjose
You can go back to school after
love1panic
I'm already going for my PhD
Xavier Molina
The reason your going to school is to get a good job, (less you want your dream job of course)
Jush Heisenberg
Once you have the job you wouldn't need a PhD. And if you get fired, you can always go back and resume your college courses back from where you left off. And a degree plus experience is far more valuable to employers than just a degree.
Yabucek
You need education, couse you will loose that job sooner or later
pedro
I left my PhD 6months before I was supposed to end to make a company and have an high paying job that I love today. Best decision of my life. Still don't have a PhD, really don't care about it whatsoever.
callaham
When you get the money, you can then follow your dream.
JesseDaBoss
The whole point of school is to get a career, and the whole point of a career is to get paid decently. And, since it's high paying, this is a no brainer.
JustCarefree
College is a conspiracy. All it really wants is your money. The longer you're in college, the bigger hole of debt you have to crawl out of from student loans. Sure, work hard and get that PhD. Let's say you'll get about $100,000 a year and you're $137,000 in loans. Pay off $100,000 and you'll have $37,000 left to pay off, right? Nope. It'll be up $300,000 because of interest. You're an indentured servant in this economy when you finish college and have been brainwashed as a child, my friend. If you're guaranteed to get a high paying job from leaving school, then by all means take it.
Rebekah Jean Waykedr
And what happens when you get fired or laid off and now you don't have a phD?
ThatGuySam
MONEH
Abigail Carroll
Its' like; I've already come this far. Why quit?
Shrapnel
And if you get fired? PhD's go a long way. I'd rather be educated.
zrayz0123
It says would you rather twice
TronCat
Im half black so im too lazy for it, thats what ya get for being yo ladys white chocolate
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thelostsiren
What if you lose the job? With the PhD, you have the chance to get another.