Metadata
- Author: might.net
- Full Title: The Illustrated Guide to a Ph.D.
- URL: https://matt.might.net/articles/phd-school-in-pictures/
Highlights
- Imagine a circle that contains all of human knowledge:
(View Highlight) - By the time you finish elementary school, you know a little:
(View Highlight) - By the time you finish high school, you know a bit more:
(View Highlight) - With a bachelor’s degree, you gain a specialty:
(View Highlight) - master’s degree deepens that specialty:
(View Highlight) - Reading research papers takes you to the edge of human knowledge:
(View Highlight) - Once you’re at the boundary, you focus:
(View Highlight) - You push at the boundary for a few years:
Until one day, the boundary gives way:
(View Highlight) - And, that dent you’ve made is called a Ph.D.:
(View Highlight) - Of course, the world looks different to you now:
So, don’t forget the bigger picture:
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