Google is really shady. So whenever we use the share button on YouTube, they add a code to the end of the link that offers no benefit to us, but allows Google to tie your machine as source who shared the link that others click on. When you look at the link that you posted, you'll see the letters SI in it and after that, you see the tracker.

To work around this, on desktop, you can copy the link from the address bar, which won't include the code. Also, Firefox has a feature to copy links without trackers in them, because the practice is pervasive. On mobile, I would recommend just backspacing the junk in hopes of protecting your privacy a tiny bit.

[-] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I see. I didn't realize that I had sent a link with trackers. Thanks for pointing it out!

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Didn’t realize by design 🤓

Welcome welcome!

[-] Deepus@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago

As someone who didnt even pass their first year and dropped out, mind explaining whats involved in a PHD and why science ones are so grueling?

[-] WolfLink@sh.itjust.works 38 points 1 year ago

It’s basically just working for 6 years for not much pay while your friends who got jobs right out of undergrad are making at 3-5x as much.

[-] Croquette@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 year ago

Not only that, but all the political game involved in the academia is mental.

[-] helloworld55@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And the work-life balance is atrocious.

When I started, my advisor told me to not think of myself as an employee, but as a "researcher". IE I don't get to clock out, my life revolved around learning/reseaching

[-] Deepus@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

But having the PHD makes up for it after right?

[-] nBodyProblem@lemmy.world 28 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Generally no if we consider it from a financial perspective. Whether or not it’s worth it on an emotional level is very individual

I work in engineering with a masters, and I make more than people with only a bachelors. However, even with the masters pay bump I am unlikely to ever make enough extra money to make up for the financial losses I incurred in getting the graduate degree. It’s only “worth it” financially if you work full time and have your company pay for the degree.

PHDs make about the same amount of money and get about the same positions as someone with an only Masters. You get a PHD because you love studying and research enough to basically give up half of a decade of your life.

I considered getting a PHD until I realized that >50% of the PHD students and graduates I spoke to described it as, “6 years of my life I’ll never get back”.