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javert on Jan 9, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: The PhD Problem: "Talk of a ‘higher education bubb...

And you can actually get paid a decent stipend (e.g. not be near-poverty) as a grad student in computer science.

mayank on Jan 9, 2011 [–]

Um...I guess "decent" is subjective :)

sliverstorm on Jan 9, 2011 | [–]

To some people, 'above the poverty line' is pretty hot stuff. Me, for example.

If you've worked part time as a student all your life, even the poverty line seems like a cornucopia of wealth.

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