[Chode]

from what i've seen, unless you are an MD... for the most part, a dr degree is pretty much useless. and so are the people that have them.

[vetvetdoug]

I resent that remark. My doctorate of veterinary medicine allows me to earn the high salary of $56k a year with little or no chance of a higher salary unless I choose to work more than the 75 hours a week I already do or move to an area where the average income is greater than the $23K average per capita here. I used my D.V.M. to teach at a JUCO a couple of semesters ago and earn some extra cash and also allows me to add insight and intelligence to discussions on FR.

[Godebert]

" from what i've seen, unless you are an MD... for the most part, a dr degree is pretty much useless. and so are the people that have them."

Exactly.

[DennisR]

Where do you work? I work in the aerospace business (bachelor’s in electrical engineering), and have never seen someone with a PhD that was “pretty much useless.” Yes, maybe some of the social “sciences” have dubious PhDs, but hard science? Very valuable, if not indispensable.