Do a PhD, they said.

I am half way done with mine, which means I only have 3/4 left to write, then I will be 90% done.

I never felt so more attacked, but also related to at the same time.

And the kicker is that once you're done you are sick of your field and end up doing something completely unrelated, where the fact that you even got that title goes unnoticed

French Patisserie is my new goal for realz.
- Hmmmm les croissants
My partner did this. While studying you can see how political academia is, and the sort of people who do well in it.
Not that corporate work is any different lol
This was me with my MBA I got for human resources. Ended up in IT.

A thesis is not there to be written. It is there to be stressed about.

...and no one evvver read it..

That's not true! That's not true at all!
I had a colleague proofread it and my PI also read it once... probably.
- My boss read the first chapter I turned in, decided I know what I am doing, gave me some basic feedback, and has completely checked out since then lol.
- You had colleagues with the time to proofread yours?! Lucky...
Thank god. I cannot verify the quality of that trash based on my mental state by the time it was over. I hope no one ever reads mine.
Or at least someday I hope to overcome the PTSD and be able to read it again. In an ideal world I'd like to release an updated version/errata.
Guys, I put GW and SW instead of GP and SP and it makes me die inside.

don't worry guys, it's ok, they just have to write the thesis, that's it.

lol bruh. I couldn’t get my job without my PhD because of bullshit elitism, but fuck if I give a damn about 1-electron transfers n shit. I make money by handling money and writing code. Worked out handsomely for me.

Like Nas says: go legit. Believe in yoself. Live the life you deserve.

As someone in an important position once said to me, having a PhD shows that you have frustration tolerance.
- I don't have an advanced degree but that's higher education in general, isn't it? Just a bunch of hoops to jump through for the sole purpose of proving that you're willing and able to jump through hoops. And yet nobody has ever asked to see my diploma in 20+ years of working.
- This angle would be akin to saying that a PhD degree is like having tattoos and other body modifications on your brain and probably on your cardiac muscle.