How bad are unfinished doctoral studies for CV?

[Umnik]

Hey! i am interested, how bad for CV are unfinished doctoral studies in Mathematical Finance, if the ultimate goal would be to work back at home in this case?

 

[Andy Nguyen]

What would you do with an unfinished PhD? Do you expect to get a job prior to it?

 

[alain]

Hey! i am interested, how bad for CV are unfinished doctoral studies in Mathematical Finance, if the ultimate goal would be to work back at home in this case?

unifinished as in "no dissertation"? That's actually very common.

 

[Andy Nguyen]

unifinished as in "no dissertation"? That's actually very common.

It's actually called ABD - "all but dissertation". But OP just started his PhD and already asks about this so I suspect he won't wait until dissertation to make a jump
My advice is the sooner you know that you like/dislike something, the sooner you should make a move. There is no reason to stay in a PhD program doing something you have no passion/desire for.

 

[Ken Abbott]

Being an ABD is no sin. You should be prepared to explain why, but I've hired plenty. I personally don't distinguish between them (but then again, I'm merely a low-rent statistics MS).

 

[bigbadwolf]

Being an ABD is no sin. You should be prepared to explain why, but I've hired plenty. I personally don't distinguish between them (but then again, I'm merely a low-rent statistics MS).

I hear ABD gives employers the excuse to offer less by way of compensation. Going the last furlong and producing and defending a dissertation is likely to be useful.

 

[Barny]

Did you get a masters degree as part of your phd programme? If so, I would leave out the ABD acronym. The whole point of a phd is the dissertation aspect. If you failed to do that, then you just spent 2-3 years doing coursework, which in my eyes is frankly useless.

 

[Umnik]

Did you get a masters degree as part of your phd programme? If so, I would leave out the ABD acronym. The whole point of a phd is the dissertation aspect. If you failed to do that, then you just spent 2-3 years doing coursework, which in my eyes is frankly useless.

That is what i am no sure yet about