Should I do a PhD if I love research but don't want to go into academia?

Answer: It heavily depends on two factors: 1.​ How a PhD is valued in the coun.​.​.​ Long's Digest Top Stories For You Should I do a PhD if I love research but don't want to go into academia? Ibrahim Seck, PhD Candidate at CNRS Written May 28, 2018 It heavily depends on two factors: How a PhD is valued in the country you want to work in. Germany for example have a reverence culture towards PhD's because they drive and ...  Read More » Why are automatic transmissions only common in the United States? Michael Woloch, Car enthusiast, restorer, and amateur mechanic. Updated Dec 3 It's actually pretty simple. The 5–15% advantage in fuel economy wasn't worth the effort for the increased maintenance cost and difficulty in driving. The cost of fuel in th...  Read More » What screams "I have an IQ of 130"? Daniel Tegethoff, Member of the international high IQ society Written Dec 12 Being the top of the class while not studying much and still being relatable for others. An IQ of 130 is pretty much the optimal level of intelligence, it's the middle of th...  Read More » After getting a computer science PhD from MIT, how much of a salary do you think you will earn if you get a job at Google? Bruce R. Miller, writing code for 40+ years. Written Nov 16 You will make what every other L4 employee makes. Your piece of paper will get you in at L4 instead of L3, where fresh grads usually start. If you had five years of experie...  Read More » What is a dress that you'll never forget? Mel Noonan, author of "You Will Be Mine," traveler, colorful hair queen Written Jan 27 I don't usually wear dresses I have a top three I love for different reasons. This was my favorite dress to wear because it forced me to get confidence althoygh I usually we...  Read More » Why does Elon Musk think he can bore 5-10x faster than any of the thousands of tunneling projects across dozens of countries? Ciaran Mahood, 24 years on site in 7 countries Updated Jan 31, 2019 Having the benefit of working for an Austrian construction company specialising in TBM boring and how professional they are in their preparations, planning and execution of...  Read More » If web development is so profitable, why isn't everyone doing it? Wes Winn, Senior SDE at Smartsheet Written Jan 2 Somewhere along the line, someone noticed that in software development, a few people are self-taught, and then suddenly they (erroneously) correlated software development w...  Read More » Two mathematicians are given the sum and product of 2 natural numbers. The mathematicians were asked to find the original numbers. Please read the full riddle in the comment below before answering. Can you find the numbers? Roman Andronov, Solving technical problems is my day job. Updated Jan 28 By now, circa 2020, this is a puzzle that is well-known and well-studied by the problem-solving community world over. As Dr. Farrugia replied in the comment section, the so called ...  Read More » What company is the most evil company in Japan? Misha Yurchenko (ユルチェンコ ミーシャ), I've interviewed dozens of foreigners in Japan Written Dec 27 In 2018 The top 9 "Most Evil Corporation Awards" go to… Japan Beverage - Vending machine operator. They had the twisted practice of giving employees a quarterly quiz called ...  Read More » What does getting a PhD prove? What is its value/importance? Rishabh Jain, MIT PhD, started 2 companies, worked in Finance & VC Written May 18, 2015 Getting a PhD proves that you went to a University, did some original research, submitted a thesis and defended it successfully. i.e. it proves you got a PhD. What is its... 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/