<p>No time for kids, is more like it (not me, but him). People are sometimes impressed by the number of degrees, but in reality, it’s actually a bad thing. It means that you were unfocused or unhappy with an initial decision and had to “start over”. Besides, as soon as you get a PhD, those master’s degrees aren’t that important.</p>
<p>The really impressive people are the ones that go BS -> PhD and have a tenure track position at age 26.</p>