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Can't do anything about it now but getting that PhD may be the most costly decision you made:

https://philip.greenspun.com/careers/

scroll down to the phrase:

THIS IS YOUR EDUCATION, THIS IS YOUR SALARY

If I were you I'd be tempted to rewrite my PhD as a multi-year "special project". Reason is that hiring a PhD is controversial unless you're a university or a research division of a corporation. In contrast, the CS/Math & MS will always be solid & saleable.



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