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Do a PhD, they said. (mander.xyz)
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[–] [email protected] 49 points 6 months ago (3 children)

And the kicker is that once you're done you are sick of your field and end up doing something completely unrelated, where the fact that you even got that title goes unnoticed

[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 months ago (1 children)

French Patisserie is my new goal for realz.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Hmmmm les croissants

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I'm unironically getting my masters in bakery technology and it's a shithole like no other.

Academia has the way of ruining everything for you. Even sweet warm croissants.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's the saddest thing I've heard today 🙁

I think I need a croissant.

I'm gonna go get a croissant 🙂

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Have a nice one!

But remember it was sweat and tears of the people who made it possible. Unless you come to a one-of-a-kind artisan bakery, your croissant is almost certainly made on the factory, very likely in the night shift, delivered as refrigerated/frozen semi-finished product, and put into oven in the place you consider "bakery" by the angry people who had to get up at 4am to do it for the minimum wage.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm lucky to have 6 artisan bakeries within walking distance!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Most likely, they aren't artisan :D

Unless you're French, that is. I'd sell my soul for a good French baguette right now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Haha, yes I live in France 😉 I have one I go to for baguettes, one for rye bread and cookies, one for "tarte au citron" 😍🍪🥖 I'd happily teleport a fresh baguette to you if I could!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Me irl

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago

My partner did this. While studying you can see how political academia is, and the sort of people who do well in it.

Not that corporate work is any different lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

This was me with my MBA I got for human resources. Ended up in IT.