I kinda want to get a doctorate in computers but being a useless grad student during the collapse of society seems like a poor choice (hexbear.net)

submitted 8 months ago by BigHaas@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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I also feel like this about dating like girl you want to have a kid??? Are you not looking at your surroundings

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[-] iByteABit@hexbear.net 5 points 8 months ago

Since you're able to get a good education and you are very interested in the subject, there's no reason whatsoever not to.

It will improve your life and give you much better living conditions no matter what happens, and you can always participate in orgs or go to protests on the side if that's what you're into.

You don't really control where capitalism will lead us and when, but you can control what you do to give yourself better chances since you seem to have the financial ability.

[-] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

It will improve your life and give you much better living conditions no matter what happens

When it comes to a PhD it might actually hurt OP's chances, since having a PhD usually locks people out of "lower skilled" jobs. If OP is OK with the kind of jobs he can get by getting a PhD, or wants to stay in Academia, all power to him, but he must know some non-PhD jobs might be out of reach afterwards.