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https://medium.economist.com/why-doing-a-phd-is-often-a-waste-of-time-349206f9addb  Why doing a PhD is often a waste of time The disposable academic The Economist Follow Dec 27, 2016 · 10 min read This article originally appeared in the 2010 Christmas double issue of The Economist. On the evening before All Saints’ Day in 1517, Martin Luther nailed 95 theses to the door of a church in Wittenberg. In those days a thesis was simply a position one wanted to argue. Luther, an Augustinian friar, asserted that Christians could not buy their way to heaven. Today a doctoral thesis is both an idea and an account of a period of original research. Writing one is the aim of the hundreds of thousands of students who embark on a doctorate of philosophy (PhD) every year. In most countries a PhD is a basic requirement for a career in academia. It is an introduction to the world of independent research — a kind of intellectual masterpiece, created by an apprentice in close collaboratio...

  About the job The Program Development team is responsible for identifying funding opportunities; developing, leading and strengthening fundraising strategies; and responding to major contract/grant opportunities.  The Head Program Development would provide support and guidance to XXXX’s India office in the opportunity identification, design, and development of new business initiatives that support our mission and help us achieve our targets. We work closely with program development managers in each geographic region and country field offices to develop winning proposals with a range of public funders. The Program Development Specialist will play a key role in helping to expand the organization’s business solutions to poverty. Specific tasks would include (but not limited to) ·      Write winning proposals: Work with project staff and regional leadership to design, write, and sub...

  My daughter is turning 14 in a few weeks, and I'm throwing the biggest party. Not so much because she'll be 14. But because she will no longer be 13. I've been dreading this year since the day my kid was born, because 13 — as parents, therapists, professional mall workers and all recovered 13-year-olds are full aware — is notoriously the most difficult age for female humans. Are you scared yet? In fact, just mention "13" to any veteran parent and you're likely to get a look of moribund terror like "Cold Comfort Farm's" Great Aunt Ada Doom when she talks about having seen something nasty in the woodshed. Although I'm fairly certain I've gotten off lightly as a parent (commencing mom brag: My daughter is a great kid), if the past year were a ride at Magic Mountain, it would have been labeled "high thrills." So lately, I've been sitting in the trenches with other parents, warming our hands over cans of Sterno and ...

There are significant reasons to size up a person’s mental acuity. For example, if you are taking advice, interviewing, or communicating, it helps to know what you are working with. Many of the best managers are excellent at reading their audience. If you are looking for a one-shot way to determine brilliance, stop reading now. If you are looking for exceptions to the following points, you’ll be able to find them. The following are correlative, not causal. This is an exercise in nuance. Because within nuance, you find most answers. They Practice Intellectual Humility I worked in finance and mostly hated it. However, one of the few perks was the people. The industry attracts and needs intelligent people. Consequently, hiring successful candidates mandated we get a quick read on them. Interviewing is tricky because everyone is putting their best foot forward and trying to sound smart, as perhaps they should. A manager taught us a trick: ask a question the candidate won’t know the answer ...