Tag: academia

Abolish the PhD

Published May 16, 2016

“Oh, yes. I’m very proud of not having a Ph.D. I think the Ph.D. system is an abomination. It was invented as a system for…

Published May 15, 2011

(Part 4 of the saga of my escape from academia, see the original post that started everything, then also this and this.) So in the…

Published February 22, 2011

Given the overwhelming response to my previous post (thanks redditors!) I think I owe people a follow-up. I pinned my blog post on reddit just…

Published February 18, 2011

One of my first memories is myself, 5 years old, going to my mother and declare to her, as serious as only children can be:…