<p>@JBoyLover27 - Without a PhD in the sciences, yes, options are extremely limited. Teaching is an option, though - I have numerous relatives who have taken that route. I do think there definitely are people who go into a science degree without realizing what the future will hold for that. I do think there is some misinformation out there. People should realize what they are getting into.</p>
<p>@sschoe2 - Your experience doesn’t go against anything I’ve claimed, I don’t think: getting a good job with the doctorate is rare and diffcult. I’m not denying that. But you also seem to be arguing that getting a PhD is simply a waste of time and essentially a completely futile endeavor. I don’t believe that is the case. You do put in a lot of time and effort, and there is no guarantee of employment at the end, but it’s definitely possible to have a successful career with a science PhD. It’s not for everyone, though. If you go through a PhD and feel like it’s abuse and completely unenjoyable, that’s not the route to take.</p>
<p>@notatest75 - “The technologies used by doctors came from engineers not scientists.”
Really? Some of them certainly do, but if you think that that’s the case, for all of it, you’re misguided. Vaccines, cancer treatments, robot-assisted surgery - if you look at the affiliations of professors who have published major papers in these fields, you will discover that most of them are scientists. And look at the Nobel Prize in Medicine - it mostly goes to scientists, not engineers.</p>