August 10th, 2008, 1:46 pm
QuoteAnd PhD parallel to work is an abysmally bad idea - both require your full attention. Zmei is right in a way its very tough to do a PhD with a full time job. I started my PhD this way and taken some time off to finish writing-up. It has been a bloody hard process, but it's not impossible. If you enjoy what you doing then it wouldn't seem like more work to you and the time will fly quickly. Just be ready to give up your weekends. Also it will take you at least 5 years to finish a UK part time PhD, but sometimes longer, so you have to have a bit more committed than with a full-time PhD as 5 years or more is a long time and a fair part of your working life. So you have to make sure this is what you really want to do and not just because of a quant job. Also 5 years down the line the quant market could be very different, so you have to make sure you do a PhD because you love the area of research you choose regardless of the financial gains that may result later. If you have any doubts just dont start a part time PhD is my view, you will simply not make it and end up very miserable.Hope that helps.SG
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StatGuy on August 9th, 2008, 10:00 pm, edited 1 time in total.