<story><title>Grad school is worse for public health than STDs (2019)</title><url>https://www.benkuhn.net/grad/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>nathan_compton</author><text>I had a relatively bad experience with graduate school but in retrospect it was better than working. Very little oversight on how I spent my time, got to do interesting work and being a grad student in my field (physics) was relatively high status when it came to dating the people I wanted to date.&lt;p&gt;I walked to work every day and walked home every night. I slept well.&lt;p&gt;In comparison, literally the only good thing about &amp;quot;the real world&amp;quot; is more money.&lt;p&gt;My advisor was an anti-social depressive and I often felt spectacularly dumb. But in retrospect, it was great. If I could afford to go again, I&amp;#x27;d do it.</text></comment>
<story><title>Grad school is worse for public health than STDs (2019)</title><url>https://www.benkuhn.net/grad/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>b215826</author><text>Also worth reading: &amp;quot;Don&amp;#x27;t Become a Scientist!&amp;quot; by Jonathan Katz [1], &amp;quot;Women in Science&amp;quot; by Philip Greenspun [2], and &amp;quot;What Does Any of This Have To Do with Physics?&amp;quot; by Bob Henderson [3].&lt;p&gt;[1]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;web.archive.org&amp;#x2F;web&amp;#x2F;20181018063835&amp;#x2F;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;katz.fastmail.us&amp;#x2F;scientist.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;web.archive.org&amp;#x2F;web&amp;#x2F;20181018063835&amp;#x2F;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;katz.fastm...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2]: &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;philip.greenspun.com&amp;#x2F;careers&amp;#x2F;women-in-science&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;philip.greenspun.com&amp;#x2F;careers&amp;#x2F;women-in-science&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[3]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;nautil.us&amp;#x2F;what-does-any-of-this-have-to-do-with-physics-5626&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;nautil.us&amp;#x2F;what-does-any-of-this-have-to-do-with-phys...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>