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Work or PhD?

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I am currently in my third year on an MChem course, half way through a year in industry. Work is enjoyable and I am now unsure whether to PhD or find a job when i finish at uni...Anyone been in this situation before or have any pearls of wisdom?

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It depends what you want. Getting a phd before a job means you will earn a lot more money than the graduates and have more responsibility and respect. You can expect to earn about 10K a year more as a phd than a graduate when starting out and that gap will increase. But doing a phd is very different to an undergrad degree and is a hard slog for 3 years.

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Cheers student, that seems to be the consensus of opinion amongst most of my student friends as well. Anyone in academia/industry have an opinion?

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if you are up for the hard work and stress, do the phd. it can actually be lots more fun than working if you are part of a friendly lab.

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