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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No one enjoys getting their PhD. No one. You will be very much the odd person out trying to do it in your 50s. My DH had a postdoc once where one of his cohort was a late-in-life PhDer. Started after a finance career and a marriage implosion. Nice guy, never got an academic job or published anything. Hard to see the point of so much academic drudgery if it doesn't lead to anything.[/quote] My kid who is a current PhD candidate has a very difference story to tell. He is exceedingly happy and fulfilled, loves his lab and work. While it isn't for everyone, one person's experience does not describe all.[/quote] I think the despair sets in closer to the end. J/k, sort of[/quote]
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