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rob05c · 3197 days ago · link · · parent · post: I no longer understand my PhD dissertation (and what this means for Mathematics Education)
Probably depends on the field. In my field, computer science / software engineering, the consensus is that a Masters will make you a better engineer, but a PhD isn't really useful outside academia. I imagine there are fields (chemistry maybe?) where a PhD is useful in the field. I do think my Masters made me a better engineer. I learned more broad knowledge like graphics and architecture, and I picked a specialisation, parallelism, which is imminently useful.
ButterflyEffect · 3197 days ago · link ·
Funny, in Chemical Engineering it's almost the opposite. A Masters won't get you much farther than a Bachelors but a PhD can open a ton of R&D doors depending on what industry you focus on.