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Hey.
I recently handed in my dissertation for my Master's in economics. I'm not really proud of it, because I kept on being told I was able to do anything I put my mind to, and I suppose I believed it so much that actually achieving it is something I feel was expected of me.
But...
A certain someone i've been speaking to tells me I have to find a zany way to express myself to say that I am proud of my masters in the hope that it may actually make me proud of it, as its a thing to be prideful of.
so...
I am proud of my masters, It took me three years to complete.
I am proud of my masters. I am the 1st one in my family to have it.
I am proud of my masters. I did it in a subject that I chose because I enjoyed it in 1st year and it seemed better than repeating a year to do something else.
I am proud of my masters...
I guess.
I wonder if this is zany enough 
Merry xmas all. and a happy new year too
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If you don't mind me asking, why aren't you proud of it? Did you put in the effort? Yes? That's all the counts in the end. Congrats on your masters and happy holidays
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A certain someone i've been speaking to tells me I have to find a zany way to express myself to say that I am proud of my masters in the hope that it may actually make me proud of it, as its a thing to be prideful of.
That's ridiculous.
The rationale of "being told I was able to do anything I put my mind to" should be applied for you to be proud. They're injecting you with confidence and you somehow don't be prideful for achieving or proving you can do something on your own and accomplish what others believe in you.
I essence, your list of prideful things is just you taking into appreciation of your own journey. They laid out their expectations and you exceeded them on your own doing.
That independence should be something you can stand tall about. Move on from there and you can see a lot of basic things you can be proud of without subjecting to "zany" ideas.
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Proud of Master's? Nah. Now if you're getting a Master's as a stepping stone to a doctorate, then it's an semi important step I suppose.
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I am proud of my masters. I am the 1st one in my family to have it.
^_^
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Congrats!
On December 23 2012 08:54 Jerubaal wrote:
Proud of Master's? Nah. Now if you're getting a Master's as a stepping stone to a doctorate, then it's an semi important step I suppose. Getting a doctorate, while certainly harder than getting a masters, is not a good idea for most people. First of all, expected lifetime earnings increase from bachelor's to masters, but not from masters to phd. Second, there are very few jobs in academia, so the so-called advantage of a phd, the chance at a career in academia, is in many cases only a chance to get strung along with poorly-paid postdoc positions, while delaying the inevitable career switch. Finally, getting a phd isn't even a more difficult intellectual challenge than getting a masters. It's really just an endurance test. (Making a real research contribution is very difficult, but that can be done at any stage of life... it doesn't have to be done as part of a phd).
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^ It's definitely true you can do research without a PhD, but tbh, very few people will give a shit about your ideas unless there's a PhD attached to your name. A PhD is like a prereq to getting acknowledged in a field; otherwise you might as well be just another lunatic practicing pseudoscience all by himself in the middle of nowhere.
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I thought this was a blog about getting into Master's League and the usual bragging and heroic narrative that comes with it... Thanks for surprising me. Congratulations and happy holidays!
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On December 23 2012 11:43 babylon wrote:
^ It's definitely true you can do research without a PhD, but tbh, very few people will give a shit about your ideas unless there's a PhD attached to your name. A PhD is like a prereq to getting acknowledged in a field; otherwise you might as well be just another lunatic practicing pseudoscience all by himself in the middle of nowhere. Nobody really cares about a phd, everybody in academia has them anyway. What you really need is somebody to vouch for you, to introduce you around and to do public relations work for your research. This is normally what a good phd advisor does. But if you really do something special as a masters student (or afterwards on your own time), you shouldn't have any difficulty convincing your masters advisor to take on this role. (The main point I was trying to make is that good research happens rarely, even for phd students).
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Congrats on the Masters, it is a huge accomplishment despite what some people might say.
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Thanks everyone. Its given me something to think on
+ Show Spoiler + it was going to be a step onto PHD, but after 7 years str8 studying, the 6 months stint I did working, made me realize that working is more fun than another 7 years (or w.e it is) for a PHD right now :D. Also if expected earnings don't rise between masters and PHD, then I probably shouldnt do it ^_^.
On December 23 2012 08:20 BigFan wrote:If you don't mind me asking, why aren't you proud of it? Did you put in the effort? Yes? That's all the counts in the end. Congrats on your masters and happy holidays
I am a bit unhappy it took me 3 years, tho at the same time I believe it took me 3 years for reasons other than my ability to finish it. One of the hardest workers I know also did his in two. I know he had all the data needed to finish his after one year, as we were working on the same project and the deadline for the project (it was a non-university submission project that used data and research from our masters) is now.
In fact, never thought about that as much before, so i'm a bit less unhappy it took me 3 years now :D.
(Hope that made sense)
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On December 23 2012 11:26 munchmunch wrote:Congrats! Show nested quote +On December 23 2012 08:54 Jerubaal wrote:
Proud of Master's? Nah. Now if you're getting a Master's as a stepping stone to a doctorate, then it's an semi important step I suppose. Getting a doctorate, while certainly harder than getting a masters, is not a good idea for most people. First of all, expected lifetime earnings increase from bachelor's to masters, but not from masters to phd. Second, there are very few jobs in academia, so the so-called advantage of a phd, the chance at a career in academia, is in many cases only a chance to get strung along with poorly-paid postdoc positions, while delaying the inevitable career switch. Finally, getting a phd isn't even a more difficult intellectual challenge than getting a masters. It's really just an endurance test. (Making a real research contribution is very difficult, but that can be done at any stage of life... it doesn't have to be done as part of a phd).
Source?
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Not going to lie, standing on stage waiting to get capped. Really cool feeling . Felt proud, finally
(Happened on Wednesday last week)
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On April 23 2013 22:51 Arachne wrote:Not going to lie, standing on stage waiting to get capped. Really cool feeling . Felt proud, finally (Happened on Wednesday last week)
<3 Congrats bro!
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