Why do PhD degree holders outside of academia typically not use "Dr." before their names?

Answer: When he finished his degree, a friend of mine changed everything over.​.​.​ Long's Digest Top Stories For You Why do PhD degree holders outside of academia typically not use "Dr." before their names? Joshua Gross, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at CSUMB Written Dec 13, 2017 When he finished his degree, a friend of mine changed everything over to "Doctor", so even his frequent flyer card said "Dr. Joe Smith". He was a bit surprised when I told ...  Read More » Are mathematicians normal people? Edward Williams, M.A. Statistics, University of Wisconsin - Madison (1968) Written May 28 We mathematicians have this joke: A room contains a stove; one burner is red-hot already. A kettle full of cold water is on the floor. The engineer and the mathematician wer...  Read More » How much ammunition for their service rifle did American soldiers carry in WWII? Al Evangelista, studied History at Temple University Updated May 3 I enlisted into the U.S. Army on graduating high school, 1960. I learned to shoot with an M1, Garand. The same basic infantry weapon used during WWII and Korea. The rounds ...  Read More » I am doing a PhD and all my classmates use LaTeX instead of Word to write their problem sets. Should I switch to LaTeX too? Is it more efficient? Barbara Robson, has examined four PhD theses Written Oct 7 If you are in a mathematics, physics or computer science PhD then, yes. LaTeX is the expected format for submission of papers. If you are in any other field, I would encoura...  Read More » Why are people still using Python when C++ will do everything faster? Vladislav Zorov, programming enthusiast. Updated Mar 26 Not everything. Quick, write a program that shows the value of [math]2^{350} + 3^{240}[/math] I'm done with the Python implementation: print(2 ** 350 + 3 ** 240)... Read More » Why can't American car companies reverse engineer what Toyota does and build their cars like Toyota? Stewart Marshall, Pastor (1982-present) Updated Apr 21 They did. Back in the 70's and 80's everyone went to Japan to observe and see how they did it. They tried to bring it back here. (Remember the movie with Michael Keaton? "Gu...  Read More » Should I report a PhD student's incompetence to their supervisor? Divya Man Written Mar 3, 2018 C'mon do you really want to be "that guy/girl". Admissions into a phD program is very competitive and if this person was truly incompetent they wouldn't be admitted in the ...  Read More » What is a slap-in-the-face job offer? Lewis Nakao, experienced the job hunt and helped others find jobs Updated Mon I once responded to a job ad that advertised a pay rate of $10–25 per hour. I showed up to the business to do an interview with the owner. The guy was busy so I had to wait ...  Read More » I ran out of diesel and had a 5 litre can of red diesel on me to get to the nearest station. Would my tank and filter be dyed now? Bob Singleton, former HGV Driver Updated Oct 13 You just happen to have a can of red diesel? Why would you "just happen to have a can of red"? Anyway assuming you have this can of red I too would certainly use it in an em...  Read More » If human-owned horses need shoes, how is it that horses in the wild don't need them? Zara Green Written Mar 12 How come horses don't need horseshoes in the wild? Assuming that you are wondering why horses in the wild don't need shoes, the answer is very simple. The horses humans own ...  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/