10 reasons for doing a PhD?
Here are 10 benefits of doing a PhD.
๐. ๐๐ฑ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐: You will likely travel to another country or city for your PhD. During your PhD, you will also travel to different countries for conferences, workshops, research visits, and field trips. All of this will get you a lot of exposure. You will learn and experience many interesting things.
๐. ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ซ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก: One undeniable benefit of PhD is that it will boost your career. This is especially true for academics. Other than this, PhD qualification is also required to work in advanced positions in industry and government agencies.
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๐. ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ: You will develop deep technical skills in your field. For example, you will learn the implementation of ML/DL systems if your PhD is focused on AI. These deep technical skills will make you stand out among your competitors.
๐. ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ: PhD will enrich your personality with several soft skills such as presentation, communication, collaboration, networking, critical thinking, and so on. You will often practice these during your PhD.
๐. ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค: You will interact with several individuals during your PhD. These interactions will happen in multiple places โ conferences, workshops, seminars, and so on. This network will open doors for future opportunities.
๐. ๐๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ: You will contribute to the body of knowledge in your field. This will get you a strong feeling of accomplishment. Your findings may have a direct impact on the well-being of people.
Do you want to have a CV that can get you a PhD position?
๐. ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐: Your PhD journey will test you in many ways โ paper rejections, criticisms, financial hardships, and so on. All of this will make you resilient. Eventually, you will be unbreakable in front of many such challenges.
๐. ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐๐ซ: You will become a problem solver. Since most of the PhD is about identifying and solving complex problems, your mind will get trained for it. Then, this mindset can help you solve many non-research problems too.
๐. ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ง:ย Most PhD students have scholarships covering their tuition fees and living expenses. In return, you work on things you are passionate about and learn many skills.
๐๐. ๐๐๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฅ๐ โ๐๐ซโ:ย If you are interested in titles, PhD will get you that too. You can call yourself โDr.โ after successfully completing your PhD :).
Writer: Faheem Ullah
Assistant Professor
Computer Science, Australia