Comment by CMDBob

It's funny, in that my (current) PhD hasn't felt anything like that. I dunno if it's my source of funding or whatever, but I've not had to do much more than the research I said I was going to do when I got the funding. I've had a module here and there, but otherwise, I've been able to 100% focus upon the research that I've been doing, which I've totally self directed. My supervisors have been great, supportive, etc, and I've benefited from links to industry as well. It's been a great 2.5 years, and I'll be sad once it's over, really.