Bill Pragnell wrote:
> Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>> I'm always interested in geeking out over obscure algorithms and such.
>> But I rather doubt that's what a PhD is actually about.
> 
> We-ell, depends on the project, depends on the subject. The important thing of
> course is to find something that interests you sufficiently to spend three+
> years on it. And you don't have to be limited to subjects you already know;
> ideally you want to be learning continuously as well as applying previous
> know-how.

Yeah. "Nerding out over the latest algorithms" isn't terribly specific, eh?

>> And you say you
>> get paid, but how much? Not a lot, I'd expect. I'm always on very low
>> money - that's why I'm trying to get hold of a job that pays real money.
> 
> Last I heard, PhD students in my old department were getting upwards of 15k a
> year.



> And that's tax-free.

OK, that's somewhat better...

>>> And despite what you say, you *can* write technical documents. You keep
>>> posting them here, and they are well-written.
>> Well, at least somebody has something nice to say about me. :-}
> 
> Everyone says it, if they're sufficiently interested to read it!

Heh. If there's one thing I've learned, it has to be this: Nobody gives 
a **** about Haskell. Seriously. Nobody cares.

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