你真的需要一个海外博士学位吗？（英文版）

一向觉得phd这个东西 没有清晰的规划和准备不要去读 不然读了效果也不会好

Most of the jobs in industy don't require a phD degree. If the jobs you seek don't require a phD degree, then doing a phD is not necessary. That's only my opinion.

That is true. Even in Europe, most of the science and engineering phds are from overseas. It depends if they really wanna be a professor or academic researcher. If they like to sit there studying one topic for four years, then they can probably do it. Otherwise, it is better to open minds and give themselves more choices with the work in the corporations. Therefore, we can't see the near future, but focus on the long time career path planning!

I joined in the Ph.D program last year, and I think most of the research in corporate finance has little connection with how the world really works, while the research in asset pricing seems to be too complicated for the investment companies. All those hedge fund managers needed is just a clear model with a large alpha in the back test. All those so called 'endongenous analysisi' are ignored.
By large and far, there exists significant gap between the investment practise and our researches as a Ph.D in finance.

Comments are welcome.

主要是国内竞争压力太大了，为世所迫，为生活计而已

STUDENTS WHO ARE FORCED BY THEIR PARENTS ARE NOT SO MANY.
AND  IT'S TRUE THAT STUDENTS WITH OVERSEA EXPERIENCE ARE MOR WELCOME IN CHINESE CAREER MARKET.
SO ... IF HAVE SUCH A CHANCE, IT'S NOT BAD  TO PURCHASE A PHD IN USA.

Another way of thinking and a really worldwide perspective are what you can learn from overseas studies,that's the point which makes sense.

为了实现学术理想，就必须出国拿PHD

Learning is for a better life ,not only for hunt jobs.