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Why consign her to the dustbin when she can still get what she wants?
A permanent challenging position in academia after 4 years out of science in that certain part of the UK where she lives? I doubt it. But I am pretty sure that she can find a decent job at a company but as others already said, this probably won't be the position she wanted to have.
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I respectfully disagree.
Yes we can regret spending the money, spend the 3 years (or longer), and the stress. That's fine to regret that.
I still maintain, however, that personal and professional skills will never be taken away from you post-PhD. It's not a case of polishing a turd, if you'll excuse the expression. I just can't envisage ever seeing my PhD skills/experience as a negative thing.
There is a difference between "negative" and "useless". Experiences and skills are always great, but if I'm not using them then I could easily live without them. Living on the street would maybe also teach me a lot and would change my perspective. Almost everything you do results in experiences that are valuable in one way or another.
I am pretty sure she will see it more positive when she finally finds a well paid job but so far the PhD was rather a disadvantage, which is of course frustrating and a justified reason to regret the decision to start a PhD. It would be completely lunatic to not consider that as a wrong life choice. It's just human to think like that.
What if she decides to move?
Why was her choosing the PhD "a wrong life choice" when she wanted a job in Academia?
Surely her doing a PhD was the right thing to do if she wanted a job in Academia?
How important is money to you?
