All of the above.
In some areas, I’m very smart. Others I am a massive idiot. I think I probably average out to a solid average intelligence.
Smart enough to get into a phd program but dumb enough to think doing a phd was a good idea.
I was thinking of working on a PhD, but enough people with a PhD have told me not to that I’ve decided maybe I should listen to the smart people and not do it. Best wishes to you, you tortured soul!
I agree with those people, don’t do it. Not unless you have a very specific reason for doing so like wanting to be an academic (you’d have about as much success with this as trying to be a professional athlete) or a phd level industry position.
So, now that I’m done with grad school (Master’s), most of the job postings I see require a PhD. Probably wouldn’t get hired for those, either.
I’m smart. I work a smart person job with a lot of really smart people, which makes me feel not smart at times because a lot of my coworkers are smarter than me. I’m also insane though.
