[paperoli]

Having lived with 4 PHD students while doing my masters it seems easier than having a job and generally suits people who are scared to enter the “real world”. These are people who are insecure about their intelligence and can suck up to their professors.

[kuraudo]

That's been my experience as well. I see zero value for phd's in my field. I'd rather train up a high school graduate: the high school graduate will take as long to train in most cases.