Nooo :-)
If you find yourself in a PhD program with an advisor who thinks like the above, it's really important to not internalize their viewpoint.
It's not a job. A job would pay much better!
It's not your advisors money, and they aren't paying you to advance their career.
Independence is critical, but so that you can avoid becoming someone else's cheap labor, and can instead focus on doing work that educates you and moves you forward.
(Thankfully I had a great advisor, but many try and just take advantage of the power imbalance to exploit students).
It's not a job. A job would pay much better!
It's not your advisors money, and they aren't paying you to advance their career.
Independence is critical, but so that you can avoid becoming someone else's cheap labor, and can instead focus on doing work that educates you and moves you forward.
(Thankfully I had a great advisor, but many try and just take advantage of the power imbalance to exploit students).