Hi
I have the opportunity to finish my PhD after many years gathering dust in the cupboard. I've already written a draft, but I will need to seriously update the theory and rewrite. My potential supervisor has suggested I will need another year of fairly intesive work. He made it clear that this final stage will be hard work requiring lots of commitment.
I have two questions: first - I would like to finish for my own sense of completion, but I'm not sure whether it will help me career-wise (the PhD is in Social Anthropology - if it does not help me to get a job, then I'm wondering if it is worth putting myself and my family through the pain and undoubted agony. Does anyone out there have a view on the value of a PhD/has experience a similar thing.
Secondly, I can afford the fees, but would like to earn a little bit alongside the PhD. Does anyone have bright ideas/creative ways to earn a bit of money while writing up AND looking after school-age children??
Any input gratefully received.