Darren New wrote:
> Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>> Um... the obvious problem here is that I'm obviously not intelligent 
>> enough to do a PhD. :-P
> 
> I think intelligence is one of the less-needed skills. Writing, some 
> level of research, persistence, dealing with other people, dealing with 
> bureaucratic BS, and yes some amount of learning graduate-level computer 
> stuff, since you need the MS first.  (Assuming you're getting a PhD in 
> computers.)
> 
> The PhD (at least in computers) doesn't teach you anything about 
> computers. It teaches you about "philosophy."  Hence the name.
> 
> You probably need to be a lot smarter to get a PhD in (say) physics or 
> engineering than in computers.

Fact: I absolutely *suck* at research. At uni, every assignment 
involving any element of research was consistently graded very poorly 
indeed. Several such modules I failed outright.

Fact: I also suck at report writing. I'm good at writing technical 
stuff, but reports are supposed to have a specific structure and I don't 
really grok that. Also I'm not very good at structuring large documents; 
the flow tends to end up rather muddled.

Fact: I don't actually need a PhD for anything. Certainly I don't have 
the money to pay for one. Time would also seem to be an issue.

I could almost be tempted to do math classes - but again time and money 
would seem an issue. (As well as the minor detail of finding a suitable 
class somehow.)

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