[BeetleB]

> I got a Bachelor, Master, and PhD in Computer Science, with a total of 11 years of education. It's the biggest waste of time of my entire life.

In CS, for Bachelor, I can understand. You perhaps do it just to show the paper and get a job.

For Masters, I can somewhat understand, as the Masters is becoming the "new Bachelor's"

For PhD: It's all on you. No one makes you do it, and the downsides are well documented. In many (other) disciplines, you do a PhD because you want to do research, and you'll never otherwise have the time to dedicate to a research problem. You don't do it for the certificate - unless you want to go into academia.

So: Why did you waste your time on the PhD? Why did you stick to it if it wasn't furthering your goals?

I spent years pursuing it, and eventually quit when I realized it wasn't taking me where I wanted to go. So what's your excuse for sticking with it?

It just sounds very silly to complete a PhD and complain about it. It was your bad decision, after all.

[cgyvbunji]

PhDs are not immune to buyers remorse. It's just buyers remorse. They are a buyer because of the opportunity cost of getting a PhD. It's economically equivalent to spending money, because the alternative was working as a software developer.