Bit of a long story. There were some theoretical differences between me and my advisor that got worse and worse. Then I developed type I diabetes and had to take a leave from the program. That hiatus started me questionning the value of what I was doing. When I returned to the program and was preparing for my defense, one of my advisors told me he was going to do everything in his power to kick me out of the program. After talking with my advisor about it, and getting absolutely no support, I decided screw it. On the day of my defense, I put copies my resignation letter in each committe member's box, then went into the defense. As soon as things started, I told them all to go take a flying f**k turned around and walked out.
Best decision I made, and never regretted it. larry On 9/27/05, Matthew Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > May I ask why you walked out on the defense? You put a lot of work into it. > That's the last part, isn't it? > > I've heard horror stories of crazy people on the review team. > > > Matthew Small > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 10:00 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Going for PhD > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:175152 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
