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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]There was just a piece in The Atlantic about how we are churning out too many people with elite qualifications and there aren’t enough “elite” jobs to go around (like being the 3rd son in feudal Europe - you end up becoming a priest or something because there isn’t land or a castle for you)

That’s why people are skeptical. Returns are not guaranteed. Likelihood of good returns decreases with starting age (because you have less time to capitalize on your degree). Just because people with big jobs have those credentials doesn’t mean that everyone with those credentials gets a big job.[/quote]

Right, that is probably true for law, but I am highly doubting that there is an excess of people with PhDs in physics, engineering, or math.[/quote]

But those degrees require 5-6 years (though they are almost always free/paid). Plus most people wouldn't survive 10 min in a graduate level math class. The big question most people in those programs have is either to bail out after 2 years and work a corporate gig (think google, etc) or stick it out and get a low paid, but high prestige job that requires a PhD.[/quote]

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