Should I do a PhD at Cambridge?

[NotADog]

Just got offered funding for a PhD in Engineering (focus on designing dynamic network models for telecoms networks) at Cambridge. I have my friends and partner over in London, who may or may not follow me to Cambridge. I sincerely don't want to enter academia - not enough businessmen there to learn from, IMO. Currently working as a data intern at a hedge fund, I see myself becoming a quant developer. My interest isn't money, it's just doing something that studies a system that matters, and finance is the most important system (at least the one that has the highest importance with a minimal importance to accessibility ratio) that also pays the best.

Should I do the PhD? Is the Dr. at the front of my name worth the work before it and lack of advance rewards?

 

[Daniel Duffy]

Reading your post, have you not answered your own question???
A Dr. is a privilege, not an entitlement..

In finance IMHO you need to know maths and programming (C++, Python etc.). I don't see how telecoms helps. My rough guess is it's graph optimization algorithms?

 

[NotADog]

Reading your post, have you not answered your own question???
A Dr. is a privilege, not an entitlement..

No, I haven't. Hence the question. Is what I learn, what I create, and the time I spend actually worth it for my growth as a person? It's not a choice between becoming a surfing teacher or a university lecturer - I don't know what path yields the best (not necessarily monetary) rewards. Please don't be an asshole about this, it's a very serious question.

 

[Daniel Duffy]

LOL

What was the question(s) again?

 

[NotADog]

LOL

What was the question(s) again?

You have an uncanny ability to not read the top of a page.

 

[Michsund]

No, I haven't. Hence the question. Is what I learn, what I create, and the time I spend actually worth it for my growth as a person? It's not a choice between becoming a surfing teacher or a university lecturer - I don't know what path yields the best (not necessarily monetary) rewards. Please don't be an asshole about this, it's a very serious question.

Your the only one who seems like an asshole, asshole.

 

[Daniel Duffy]

You have an uncanny ability to not read the top of a page.

I never take statements at face value.

Anyways, if you had been a bit more pro-active and less spoon-feeding see

Is a PhD worth it?

So a thing to know about me, I'm super passionate about learning in general. I'm already going to college, a really good film school and I'm almost guaranteed a job right after college(given the amount of people who are able to get jobs every single year). But, I also can't deny the only thing...

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