OK, so this has been discussed a few times now, so I thought I'd make a 
thread specifically about it.

The question is: Do you think I should do a PhD?

Yes?

No?

Why?

For reference, I asked on the Haskell IRC server. One guy said he had a 
great time doing his PhD ("but not because of the PhD itself"). Another 
offered me the following helpful resources:

http://www.dcs.ed.ac.uk/home/pgh/thesis.html
http://www.nigels.com/jokes/phd1.pdf

Well, that sold it to me! o_O

 From my perspective, the answer seems quite self-evident: No. For the 
following reasons:

1. I am insufficiently intelligent to actually acheive a PhD. (I nearly 
failed my BSc as it is!)

2. I have insufficient money. (I'm still paying for my BSc. Very slowly.)

3. I don't think I can spare the time. (I have a job to do, sucky as it is.)

4. It is *highly* unlikely that having a PhD will make any kind of 
positive change to my employment situation. Nobody is impressed by a 
BSc, and I doubt a PhD will be any different. Everybody wants 
"experience" and/or "people skills".

5. Presumably a PhD is a serious amount of hard work. It's not exactly a 
pleasure cruise. So I'd need a good reason to do one.

6. I rather doubt that you can get a PhD in "doing cool stuff". 
Presumably it must be something rather more specific than that.

7. Where the hell am I going to do a PhD anyway?

8. Are you mental?

I think that'll do for now. I'm sure I'll think of more later...

I seem to vaguely recall somebody (I forget who) claiming to know who to 
go to for this kind of thing, and offering to help me arrange it. 
Perhaps I'm just delusional...

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