Go for it Matt. Its a tremendous challenge but in the end it may be worth it.
a quick correction, I cannot claim a PhD, I walked out of my defense and never quite finished. larry On 9/27/05, Matthew Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK, I've made a decision to go for a PhD in Computer Science at the local > university (UNC-Charlotte). It's something I've always wanted to do, > considering that I've been heavily influenced by my mother's family to do so > - I have a couple of uncles who have theirs and are very well respected in > their particular academic disciplines. > > > > Incidentally, my uncle (Carl T. Wild) was featured in this month's > "Business Week" magazine - I think it was page 50 - there's a picture of him > standing in the center of the page - here's a link but there's no pic - > http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_37/b3950036_mz011.htm > > > > > > My father-in-law also has a PhD in education, but I consider his > intelligence to be average at best, so I figure if he can do it, anyone can. > > > > I'm excited about this, but as I start looking on the internet for resources > and information about getting the PhD, it makes me more and more scared as I > realize the amount of work that this could take and how so many people > apparently don't work full-time jobs as they work on their degree. > > > > From my time on the list, I think Larry is a PhD/ABD. Is there anyone else > here who's worked on a Doctoral degree? What comments do you have about > your time doing so? Is it worth it? > > > > I know that you're supposed to have a long-range goal when approaching an > advanced degree - mine is ultimately to teach CS or business at the college > level (I already have an MBA). > > > > > > > > Matthew Small > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase Homesite Plus with Dreamweaver from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=55 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:175136 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
