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   Caligulla said, over 3 years ago

   PhD in CS/EE is more similar to my BsC in CS with MicroComputer concentration, tons of math, physics, and electrical engineering in addition to the regular CS classes.

   Basically its three, three, three degrees in one.
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   GrimmaTheNome said, over 3 years ago

   I bet female PhDs in EE/CS aren’t a dime a dozen yet.
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   Doughfoot said, over 3 years ago

   Proud mother: “She’s a doctor! But not the kind that helps people.”
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   frumdebang said, over 3 years ago

   @GrimmaTheNome

   And even fewer female PhDs in EE/CS with an MIT degree.
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   Pacopuddy said, over 3 years ago

   No bowing, but you are permitted to kiss the hem of her garment.
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   packratjohn said, over 3 years ago

   Just genuflect. That covers most of these situations.
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   nazzofoggenmach said, over 3 years ago

   terra-byte me
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   George Alexander said, over 3 years ago

   I’m waiting to see Alex’s mother’s reaction. While her mother-in-law might be rude and crude, she cares. Her real mother, on the other hand, is the ultimate b__ch.
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   phdtogo said, over 3 years ago

   You should try a PhD in History… that’s why I work in the IT field as a database administrator. Professors hang around at the university until they die at age 90, literally, taking up slots that us youngsters at age 53 could fill
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    phdtogo said, over 3 years ago

    The highest degree awarded by a university is the PhD, not the MD.
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    Robin Westgate said, over 3 years ago

    Has she done her oral defense yet?

    Either way, it’s good she got this done before the babies come.
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    Robin Westgate said, over 3 years ago

    You’re just saying that to stir up the hornets’ nest, right? Most people here understand, some of us from actual experience, that a PhD IS a real doctor, and often involves much more work than an MD does.
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    DavidHuieGreen said, over 3 years ago

    Double E isn’t worthless unlike so many other degrees. It is practical, useful needed all over.
    MIT highly respected.
    PhD means highly respected by the highly respected and in demand.
    She can write her own ticket, including form her own empire.
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    ossiningaling said, over 3 years ago

    Piled Higher and Deeper.
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    Kaffekup said, over 3 years ago

    @Robin Westgate

    Yes her father told Kim yesterday that Alex’ defense went well and she was “over the moon”.
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