[Basic] Skill of the week: Chemistry

[Xplo]

Originally Posted by whswhs

I don't believe that a typical PhD is anywhere near skill 18.

Hmm, you're probably right, 18 is too high. 15 seems perfectly reasonable, though, especially if he's been working in the field for a while. Doesn't change the point I was trying to make, anyway.

[whswhs]

Originally Posted by Xplo

Hmm, you're probably right, 18 is too high. 15 seems perfectly reasonable, though, especially if he's been working in the field for a while. Doesn't change the point I was trying to make, anyway.

When I see "PhD" I tend to think "newly minted PhD who hasn't gotten onto the tenure track yet." Sure, the top end guys are mostly around 16.

Bill Stoddard

[whswhs]

Originally Posted by johndallman

Only 8 posts before yours, two from non-Americans, one of whom doesn't watch TV at all.

And one American who watches rather little. These days I watch Agents of SHIELD on Hulu once a week.

Bill Stoddard

[Xplo]

Originally Posted by whswhs

When I see "PhD" I tend to think "newly minted PhD who hasn't gotten onto the tenure track yet." Sure, the top end guys are mostly around 16.

Bill Stoddard

I tend to think of them in terms of work roles. At some point it used to be if you had a Master's in chemistry you were the one who decided what reactions were being performed, and how, and the Bachelors did the grunt work. Now it's more like, the PhD makes decisions, the Masters do grunt work, and if all you have is a Bachelor's you're either staying in school or doing something only tangentially related to chemistry.