要不要读博？

之前曾一直纠结过自己要不要继续读博士，在网上看到这样一篇过来人的建议。值得参考。以下把要点列出。

--You simply want “Dr.” before your name and “PhD” after it. Sorry, but a desire for titles is not a good reason to spend 3-10 years working on another degree. I’ve met people like this and I think they’re just wasting their time, because they don’t have the right sort of motivation.

1.你仅仅想要获得博士的头衔。

--You aren’t interested in one particular topic. I know some people who

are quite smart and engaged, but like to constantly change the subject they are

engaged with. That doesn’t work in a PhD. Here you must be willing to work

intensely on one subject.

2.你对某一具体话题/领域并不感兴趣。你必须要对一个学科有强烈的兴趣。

--You don’t know what to do with your life, so getting another degree

seems like a sensible option. Getting a PhD is a huge investment in terms of

time, money, and effort, so actually, in many ways it’s not a sensible thing to

do. I know people who’ve started graduate degrees because they didn’t know what

else to do and partway through lost their enthusiasm. They ended up realizing

that they wasted their time and money when they could have been finding a job

they really enjoyed.

3.你不知道人生要去做什么，因而觉得再去获得一个学位似乎是明智的选择。

正确的动机：

--You want to go into academia. In most cases, you will need a PhD to get an academic job.

--You have a passion for a particular subject and want to explore it in depth. This is what a PhD is about.

--You love learning and would thrive in an academic environment for a number of years. Some people really enjoy attending classes,seminars, and workshops, spending time in the library, debating and discussing ideas with others, and so on. If that’s you, then getting another degree might very well suit you.

最后，不管如何选择，一定要问问自己的内心。。不要为读博而读博。