本文非原创,部分内容引自教子砖家梦里江河的新浪博客。
Imagine a circle that contains all of human knowledge:
这个圈代表着人类所有的知识。
By the time you finish elementary school, you know a little:
当完成小学时,你只知道一点点:
By the time you finish high school, you know a bit more:
高中毕业时,你知道的多一点点。
With a bachelor's degree, you gain a specialty:
本科阶段你有了专业所长。
A master's degree deepens that specialty:
研究生强化了专业所长。
Reading research papers takes you to the edge of human knowledge:
而后,阅读文献带你到学术前沿。
Once you're at the boundary, you focus:
然后你有了具体研究方向。
You push at the boundary for a few years:
你在上面钻研数年。
Until one day, the boundary gives way:
直到有一天,有了突破。
And, that dent you've made is called a Ph.D.:
而那个突破被称为PhD。
Of course, the world looks different to you now:
当然,在你看来,这个世界变得不同了。
So, don't forget the bigger picture:
但别忘了有个东西叫big picture。
总结:知道博士是干什么的后,你还读phd吗?
答:犹豫中且即将毕业的硕士研究生,如果不是为了科学的初衷,趁早找个好工作吧!