I've got very little respect for a PhD. It's not nearly as much of an accomplishment as it's given credit for. It's just a title for staying in school longer and selling your soul to academia. At least that's how it seemed when I was in college. You want a PhD be prepared to figuratively (and perhaps literally) suck an absolute ton of dick. That was in engineering even, I can only imagine in the artsy studies.
Probably the most practical use for a PhD I've seen in industry is it seems to fast-track you for project management and people management positions, because if you had to deal with grants and (under)graduate assistants to help you with your work the skills directly translate.
I've got very little respect for a PhD. It's not nearly as much of an accomplishment as it's given credit for. It's just a title for staying in school longer and selling your soul to academia. At least that's how it seemed when I was in college. You want a PhD be prepared to figuratively (and perhaps literally) suck an absolute ton of dick. That was in engineering even, I can only imagine in the artsy studies.
Probably the most practical use for a PhD I've seen in industry is it seems to fast-track you for project management and people management positions, because if you had to deal with grants and (under)graduate assistants to help you with your work the skills directly translate.