天秤座

It's a good article. However, it is too late to read it for most of the Ph.D.s that you concerned. Suggest more graduates to read it. It is very unfortunate that so many intelligent chinese students suffered or are suffering from the dream of becoming a scientist. Based on the case of my class at university undergraduate study, only ONE out of EIGHTEEN successfully became a scientist (tenure prof. in a U.S. university).

Canadadoctor

If anyone wishes to reach a height or have a position which is unlikely accessible to most people, he will certainly find that the path becomes more and more narrow and more and more dangeous! However, the top success is only for some really intelligent and lucky men.

decnafr

Post by Canadadoctor
If anyone wishes to reach a height or have a position which is unlikely accessible to most people, he will certainly find that the path becomes more and more narrow and more and more dangeous! However, the top success is only for some really intelligent and lucky men.

the success belongs to the really intellegent or lucky man? it depends on your definition about SUCCESS.

lifucius

This article is mumbo jumbo, lock, stock and barrel. The author drew his conclusion based on a ridiculous assumption—people should change their career goal only due to the switch of some factors, such as salary or job market, from without. Yes, it is true we should change ourselves with time, but what we should change and what we should not in our lives? That is a serious issue we should think about. Does money talk anytime? Is there anything else we can do except being a PHD or a scientist? What we should do for our interests, if you have another choice, do you want to be a layer or a businessman and are you sophisticated enough to deal with crooked persons? Can we trust the fickle and fluctuant job market? So PHD guys, don’t get confused—what you should do is to adjust yourselves as time changes, go your own way while not get totally changed.