On 1/22/06, Marta Russell <ap888 at lafn.org> wrote:
> Can one of the professors on this list serve please explain to me
> what is the purpose of a post doctorate?
>
> My daughter's boyfriend has been taking years to get his PhD in
> Neuroscience from UCLA. At long last it appears he is actually going
> to have it this spring. All this time he has lived on a very very
> small amount of money from teaching at UCLA as a graduate student.
> Now he wants to move over to Cal-Tech. He will only get a third more
> than he is getting now - under $30,000 to be exact to work on a post-
> doctorate at Cal-Tech.
>
> I thought when one gets a PhD that they are qualified to be a
> professor and get a decent salary? What is going on here?
>
> Marta
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