From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Mon Jul 29 2002 - 23:44:42 MDT
Rafal Smigrodzki wrote:
> Sehkenenra wrote:
>
>
> I once told my mother that people will trust anything as long as it's coming
> from somebody who can legitimately put the letters P-H-D by his or her
> name...
Yeah, but. I have worked side by side with PhDs for most of my
adult life. Very generally speaking, they write better research
papers than I do and I, again generally speaking, produce and
implemented better designs, algorithms and solutions in less time.
>
> ### You mean PhD, Parents Had Doubts? Or Professor Has Doubts? Maybe
> Patiently Hoping for a Diploma, while working as Pizza Hut Delivery?
>
> Yeah, grad school can be a drag sometimes.
Yes, which is why I didn't go for that. Alao I didn't get
around to college until I already had people to support. And
for some reason, every time I learned a bunch of cool stuff I
just had to go out and build something with it. I love learning
and pushing the envelope. Many times I have wondered if I would
have been happier as an academic since I always tend toward the
bleeding edge. But it really was a drag having your mind
exploding with new information, ideas, designs and so on and not
having enough money at the end of the week to afford a beer and
half a pizza.
- samantha
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