• @cabron_offsets
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    189 months ago

    For real. I made the life mistake of getting a PhD but managed to turn it into an asset by doing fairly straightforward finance programming shit that scares people.

    • @Rolando
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      109 months ago

      doing fairly straightforward finance programming shit that scares people.

      The reason it’s straightforward to you and scary to others is because you have a PhD. Even if it’s not in finance, you gained abilities in reading documents, extracting useful information, integrating knowledge, teaching yourself skills, building tools, and generating reports. To most people, those are difficult things.

      • Liz
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        19 months ago

        If only there was a way these people could teach themselves these skills, even without access to a doctorate program!

        • @Rolando
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          69 months ago

          People absolutely can. It’s just a lot easier when you have guidance from an expert advisor, multiple peers to help you out, and an established pathway to focus several years of your life on doing so.

          • @cabron_offsets
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            9 months ago

            To be clear, my PhD “advisor” was a hindrance to my education, work, life, and career. I succeeded despite my ”advisor” and broke all contact upon my defense.

            1/3 of my entering cohort left without degrees. Not atypical.

            • @Rolando
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              29 months ago

              I’m sorry to hear that. I’m glad that you survived it though.

    • @[email protected]
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      89 months ago

      Im an actuarie, so I can’t say that I have problem finding job, but I prefer programming and every task I’m assigned I spend all the time necessary to do it in python.