This thread was over on page 3. This is all nonsense now. I can agree to disagree. This isnt about engines anymore. I dont need advice thanks but no thanks. I know alot of engineers myself. Being overeducated is not a bad thing. I want the PhD for myself. Alot of people say experience before a graduate program. I want to get it done and enjoy it. I like school.
Fair enough, but one last thing: you do need advice; you'll always need advice. It's easy to feel invincible when you're on top of the world while at school, but other people do know some things, and a wise person listens and learns.
You should stay at school and get a PhD if it's for fun and personal satisfaction - I wholeheartedly support that. I'm just trying to point out that it isn't a ticket to the good life.
I love to teach, by the way - it's one of the most satisfying parts of my CTO duties. When I think back, the teachers I revere the most are the ones who taught me so much more than the subject at hand - those were the people who really changed my life. In the classroom they call it a lesson, out of a classroom they call it advice. It's all the same. If you want to be a great teacher, then you're going to be giving a lot of advice. If you're going to be giving all that advice, best learn how to take some too - you'll grow so much faster that way.
Learn from the mistakes of others too, not just your own. I didn't invent the wheel, I just used the ones that came with my car.