This set up an unhealthy dynamic in which the student just wants to graduate, and they feel like they are fighting against the school and/or their advisor to be allowed to do so. It was like an endless cycle of begging "is this good enough to graduate?" and being rebuffed.
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I would like to add my (very superficial and probably entirely wrong) observation on CS vs natural sciences like physics or bio. Since CS is on average closer to engineering, there is way more problems where one "just needs to do the work" and it's going to be fine. 1/3
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In natural sciences, on the other hand, there is always a substantial element of luck. Many important problems are hypothesis driven - "We assume that Nature is like that" - 2/3
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Physics and Chemistry, Life Science, Engineering have high PhD completion rates (about 60% to 70%). CS has a low completion rate (40%). These numbers don’t suggest a death march with unrealistic expectations.
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I suspect CS deals with extreme industry poaching since that’s very lucrative. Most fields have much weaker plan Bs. Failure to complete is often actual failure, not being poached away.
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