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Anyone here drop out PhD to be an entrepreneur? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by throwingaway95132@alien.top to c/entrepreneur@indiehackers.space

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Hey everyone.

My whole life I've been ambitious and a hard worker, but for whatever reason during my bachelors I became extremely interested in academic psychology and research. I worked hard, got into a PhD program, and have even published a couple papers. But I feel depressed honestly and also bored. I'm unhappy in the program and I feel like my ambition is being wasted on a process that is slow, tedious, and perhaps not very consequential.

I have several ideas for apps and websites that I would like to devote my time to. I want to be a business owner and chase after my ideas and goals. I am about to take my qualifying exams and I could leave with my masters degree after. I'm perhaps only 1.5 years away from finishing my PhD, so it seems like kind of a waste...but I just want to get on with my life. I do NOT think being a professor is for me. I feel like I could get a decent job with just my masters, and after 5 PM I could devote all my energy to my app/website ideas.

Thoughts? Am I being foolish here?

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[–] Rangerover15@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Finish your PhD, it will be so much easier to raise money, market your startup and be taken seriously as Dr rather than drop out.

[–] Iam_motivated_jay@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

Finish your PHD.

The right degree can help you start your own business and make great thing happen instead of being all over the place trying to figure out what works and doesn't work plus you can establish relationships with people..

Hope this helps.

Best to you