Should You Get A PhD Or A Real Job In Industry? (A PhD Quiz)

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Strong PhD Preference

You may want to strongly consider doing a PhD. You have scored quite high on the traits that many PhDs have that make them enjoy the PhD journey.

Read this blog post about the PhD journey.

So… Here is a pitch for you to check out the PhD in Strategy program where I work (FSU – I am David Maslach). You never know – it might be wonderful to have you as a colleague.

Or, if you are looking broadly, and you really should, check out this PhD Program Ranking that I created. It is entirely crowd-sourced, so you can see the results, but also I can really use your help with adding more schools. You are going to be an amazing benefit for the greater good!
One last thing – if you benefited from this tool at all, consider checking out the R3ciprocity.com software that I am trying to build. You will definitely need the feedback on your writing in your academic journey. Take care!

PhD Or Industry Job

48 out of 60
Indicating high on this PhD scale suggests that doing a PhD or doctorate may make sense for you. This scale is based on crowd-sourced items from the R3ciprocity Community. It depicts the resources, opportunity costs, and traits that may be required to get a PhD over getting an industry job.

Scoring high does not mean you are perfectly cut out for doing a PhD, but it does indicate that you should talk to people if you are interested. Scoring low indicates that you want to consider getting a job over doing a PhD, but you should also want to get more information about whether a PhD is right for you.

Most people fall in the midrange of the PhD scale.

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