Based on Matt's Might idea.

1. The illustrated
guide to a Ph.D.

2. Imagine a circle that contains all of human knowledge:

3. By the time you finish elementary school, you know a little:

4. By the time you finish high school, you know a bit more:

5. With a bachelor’s degree, you gain a specialty:

6. A master’s degree deepens that specialty:

7. Reading research papers takes you to the edge of human knowledge:

8. Once you’re at the boundary, you focus:

9. You push at the boundary for a few years:

10. Until one day, the boundary gives way:

11. And, that dent you’ve made is called a Ph.D.:
PhD

12. Of course, the world looks different to you now:

13. So, don’t forget the bigger picture:
Keep pushing.
PhD
Based on Matt’s Might idea
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