I agree. The title should read &#x27;Where Can a Ph.D. Take You? Forward to More Research, Usually&#x27;<p>Which is the entire point getting a PhD in the first place. More research. Forever.<p>I (along with many others) cringed at the phrasing of postdoctoral degree. A post-doc is not a degree. The article&#x27;s comparison of a post-doc to law school for liberal arts majors was equally egregious. Sloppy writing.<p>Now, to be fair to their point. What they are observing is a cultural phenomenon in academia which is to stay in academia until you can&#x27;t stay any more. Industry is for those who fail at academic research, whether that failure occurs at the post-doc stage or pre-tenure stage. This is in contrast to the sentiments of the real world (the perspective of the article author) which wonders why these &quot;students&quot; take so long to get a real job.