Has doing a PhD put you in any sort of disadvantage?

Answer: I will translate the question, as "What do I have to lose if I go for.​.​.​ Long's Digest Top Stories For You Has doing a PhD put you in any sort of disadvantage? Konstantinos Konstantinides, EE, Ph.D. (UCLA) Written Sep 5, 2017 I will translate the question, as "What do I have to lose if I go for a Ph.D?" I don't want to generalize, but here are some possibilities: You will lose 3–6 of years of emp...  Read More » Do you have to be a PT stud to make it to the 75th Ranger Regiment? Jay Williams, US Army Ranger at U.S. Army (2012-present) Updated Thu Well yeah pretty much. I played high school football . I was pretty good , but definitely not the best. I figured if I could handle 2-a-days in the west Texas summer heat I ...  Read More » What seat on a plane would be your very last choice and why? Peter de Jesus, Consultant at Airline Written Apr 20 What seat on a plane would be your very last choice and why? For me, the last place I ever want to be seated on a plane is what we call "prisoner class" in the airline indus...  Read More » What did a medieval battlefield look like after battle? Matt Epps, BS Secondary School Education & History, Arkansas State University (2013) Updated May 5 There are lots of surviving first-hand accounts of the Battle of Agincourt between England and France in October of 1415. Henry V of England was kin to the King of France w...  Read More » Is Amazon a good company? Andrew Franklin, B.A. Computer Science, University of California, Berkeley Written Sep 6, 2017 As a former Amazon employee, I'd like to share a few observations to answer this question: Firstly, the success of Amazon starts and ends with Jeff Bezos. Over the years, he...  Read More » How can one solve 2^n=20^8? Mohammad Afzaal Butt, B-Sc Mathematics & Physics, Islamia College Gujranwala (1977) Written Jul 26 [math]2^n = 20^8\implies \log_{10}2^n = \log_{10} 20^8[/math] [math]\implies n\log_{10} (2) = 8\log_{10} (20)[/math] [math]\implies n\log_{10} (2) = 8\log_{10} (10 \times 2)[/math] [math]\implies n\log_{10} (2) = 8 (\log_{10} (10) + \log_{10} (2) )[/math] ... Read More » Are you sad that Airbus will stop building the A380? Jack Lai, Laid Back & Casually Successful (2005-present) Written May 27 Yes I am for two reasons. First, as an aviation buff, I think the A380 is a wonderful aircraft. Second, the demise of A380 is also putting the final nail on the coffin of t...  Read More » Why was the Arabian civilization more advanced than the European civilization during the Middle Ages but not in modern times? Heiko Kallweit, PhD in Archaeology Updated Jul 26 The secret of the rise of the Islamic civilization during the medieval period was rooted in a major difference between early Christianity and early Islam: Early Christianity...  Read More » What are the 5 daily habits of highly successful people? Michał Stawicki, Habits coach, over 50,000 daily habits check-ins on Coach-me Written Apr 23 I study successful people and I found six common areas they focused on. Whether they succeeded in sports, art, business or spirituality, these themes repeated themselves. B...  Read More » What is the toughest SQL query? Greg Kemnitz, Wrote a couple of SQL parsers and query executors Written Jul 12, 2017 If this is for interview questions, a few of mine: Explain the difference between WHERE and HAVING. A good answer here indicates that the person has done a decent amount of ...  Read More »   Read More in Your Feed Follow Quora on: Get the App for iOS and Android This email was sent by Quora (650 Castro Street #450, Mountain View, CA 94041). If you don't want to receive this type of email in the future, please unsubscribe.http://www.quora.com/