I would be really interested in someone elaborating on this idea "phd is an apprenticeship for researchers".
Several people have insisted that I should go into a phd program, but when I looked into it I saw a lot of: learn how to do grant applications, publish this non-reproducible and barely significant result just so you have something published, work on a phd adviser's bad idea so he can take the credit, etc.
If you're working on an idea no one has had before, what kinds of support can others give you and do modern phd programs give that support?
Several people have insisted that I should go into a phd program, but when I looked into it I saw a lot of: learn how to do grant applications, publish this non-reproducible and barely significant result just so you have something published, work on a phd adviser's bad idea so he can take the credit, etc.
If you're working on an idea no one has had before, what kinds of support can others give you and do modern phd programs give that support?