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remember a conversation here last year about people in the academic world that used the Dr prefix being considered a bit of a joke?
a friend who is academic administrator is basically a computer wiz - the type person who gets loads of work in the office.
his BA was in arts, not sure about his MA and he said doing the PhD later was a pain in the neck but he needed it to progress in his career.
I know he thinks his qualifactions are only a mark of ability and he would prefered just go directly from school to learning his IT skills on the job.
having said that having been a student helps a lot in his role.
Different cultures have different ways of doing this - when we're doing intros in work zoom meetings the Italian guy on my team always uses his full title. I never doi work with a lot of germans and it seems it's considered normal/OK for them put all their qualifications after their name, not just the highest one (which would presume the other ones). comes across a little bit vain.
i work with a lot of germans and it seems it's considered normal/OK for them put all their qualifications after their name, not just the highest one (which would presume the other ones). comes across a little bit vain.
Not sure if you're referring to the phenomenon I'm talking about; where people put 'Joachim Headbanger H.Dip BSc PhD' in their title, not just PhD which would be common here. There's little need to refer to earlier qualifications which are implied by the later ones.
Absolutely. It’s not that special when everyone you work with is also a PhD.in and around academia a PhD is an entry ticket. probably actually carries more weight outside of that bubble than within.
They’re not necessarily earlier though. A H Dip is frequently done after a PhD to get a new expertise (like statistics, teaching, or whatever). Yes a BA is needed for a PhD but nothing else.There's little need to refer to earlier qualifications which are implied by the later ones.
Anyone with an academic Dr. title that actually uses it in anything not directly work related is automatically a fuckwitremember a conversation here last year about people in the academic world that used the Dr prefix being considered a bit of a joke?
a friend who is academic administrator is basically a computer wiz - the type person who gets loads of work in the office.
his BA was in arts, not sure about his MA and he said doing the PhD later was a pain in the neck but he needed it to progress in his career.
I know he thinks his qualifactions are only a mark of ability and he would prefered just go directly from school to learning his IT skills on the job.
having said that having been a student helps a lot in his role.
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