7 stories tagged phd, newest first.
36 points by mid1110 | 34 comments
Wall Street Journal article about a Princeton PhD graduate who applied to 2,300 jobs without success amid a frozen labor market; the page shows a device-verification screen.
126 points by pwim | 41 comments
A TokyoDev article by Marco Cognetta on completing a computer science PhD at Tokyo Institute of Technology on a MEXT scholarship while working at Google.
54 points by nicoraga | 20 comments
Manuel Blum's talk notes at CMU offering advice to beginning graduate students on reading, studying, research, and writing during a PhD.
343 points by chii | 217 comments
Matt Might's illustrated essay explaining what a Ph.D. is using a series of circle diagrams representing the boundary of human knowledge.
339 points by zsrobinson | 78 comments
An ANU College of Science news article exploring the unexpectedly poetic and personal nature of acknowledgements sections in PhD theses.
678 points by Smith42 | 230 comments
PhD Simulator is a retro-styled browser text game by Mianzhi Wang where the player navigates life as a new PhD student, managing hope, items, and status.
373 points by azhenley | 124 comments
Blog post by researcher Advait Sarkar recounting how his online gaming addiction, including Cookie Clicker, ended up helping him complete his PhD.