I&#x27;ve known PhD friends that will straight up lie on their resumes when applying to places and only list that they&#x27;re a masters student. I&#x27;m fairly sure this is legal since they technically did graduate with a master&#x27;s degree.<p>Regardless, it really shows how screwed up things are that you have PhDs that have to do this in order to find work. These are STEM majors, mind you -- to any naysayers.