>> 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".
> 
> Not true. If you're going for a technical position, even if it's 
> unrelated to your field of study, the fact that you are capable of 
> completing a PhD says a lot. It says you stick with the job, have a 
> capacity and interest for learning, have experience in 
> communication/dissemination, etc... and that's ignoring the 
> field-specific skills.

Yes, but... having a BSc already says all those things. I spent 4 years 
of my life studying for it, I learned all sorts of stuff, and in the end 
I did actually get my BSc. And yet, nobody gives a **** about that. How 
is a PhD different?

>>  8. Are you mental?
> 
> I've got the wrong doctorate to answer that question impartially. :-)

LOL! Nice... :-)

> Speculative queries to research groups in fields that sound interesting 
> are well worth it. You don't need to follow the impersonal rules of 
> regular employment - if you find some prof with research interests that 
> look your kind of thing, just email and ask for more information, and 
> say what you're interested in. Worst case is they simply don't reply.

Well, maybe it's worth a giggle. ;-)

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