tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post4068278277665787402..comments2024-03-29T09:14:34.373-04:00Comments on Borepatch: Quote of the Day: Higher Education editionBorepatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-72845287806685811152014-06-24T11:41:13.827-04:002014-06-24T11:41:13.827-04:00Overload ...
Might PhD grads have a job track oth...Overload ...<br /><br />Might PhD grads have a job track other than teaching?<br /><br />YES .... sales people. Seriously.OMMAGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05475151103850378778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-36359956482709307492014-06-23T19:56:49.072-04:002014-06-23T19:56:49.072-04:00Might PhD grads have a job track other than teachi...Might PhD grads have a job track other than teaching?Overload in Coloradohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11277277751144486368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-16985685894874364112014-06-23T16:55:39.264-04:002014-06-23T16:55:39.264-04:00There is one axiom that I intend to teach my child...There is one axiom that I intend to teach my children, because it is so fundamental to existing in modern society:<br /><br />"Why is he telling me this, and why is he telling me this NOW?" <br /><br />What it all boils down to, in the end, is that we're all either producers, looters, or salesmen. <br /><br />Excluding the looters from this discussion, you can either be a producer or a salesman. <br /><br />The head PhD in any university department doesn't produce anything, and so in the end, he is nothing more than a salesman - trying to sell the product that someone else is supplying, and in that process, make his own living. <br /><br />So when he tells you that getting a degree is absolutely necessary in this job market, ask yourself "why is he telling me this, and why is he telling me this NOW?"<br /><br />THe answer, more often than not, is because he's selling something. <br /><br />The savvy buyer will then work to determine if that product is snake oil, or really the elixir that it has been presented to be. Gooberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07358115439453465833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-70496703035454586292014-06-23T11:14:39.881-04:002014-06-23T11:14:39.881-04:00Sure, there are a lot of useless degree holders. B...Sure, there are a lot of useless degree holders. But remember that that the credential mill exists for purpose of generating those degrees.<br /><br />Besides, school is easy and work is hard. <br /><br />OMMAGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05475151103850378778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-49993827675748504782014-06-23T10:59:54.571-04:002014-06-23T10:59:54.571-04:00It depends. ;-)It depends. ;-)Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780425923108876647noreply@blogger.com