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Do a PhD they said, academia is great (hexbear.net)

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[–] micnd90@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

My PhD took 8 years. The last 2 years I had on and off funding. My PI did his best to scrounge and move money around but there will be months where I don't get paid. As such, I had to work part-time in Fedex warehouse and university climbing gym to pay the bill while writing my thesis.