PhD කරන්න එපා | Why you shouldn't do a PhD

This video hopes to explain the risks involved in doing a PhD and why it is not meant for everyone. I try my best to explain the difference between a PhD and Bachelors Degree. Here are some common misconceptions about doing a PhD:
1. Higher Qualification after my Bachelors
2. Higher demand in Job Market
3. Higher Qualification means Higher Salary
4. Secure Permanent Residency
5. I had a good GPA in campus
6. It’s only 5 years (comparing it to a Degree)
7. I couldn’t become a Doctor therefore having Dr. in front of my name will make prove my self worth
Timestamps
00:00 Don't do it for these reasons
01:39 Reason 1: "I had a good GPA"
04:32 Reason 2: "It must be like my undergraduate degree"
05:54 What a PhD looks like
07:32 Reason 3: "I will get paid more"
10:14 What is expected in the job market
13:24 PhD is useful for these areas
15:03 Reason 4: "I can secure PR after my PhD"
19:33 Sad reality of PhD students
22:06 Is there any point in research? (Story of WiFi)
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[@007MSDS]

Great video! Spot on! Many undergrads think that the natural step after a BSc/MSc is a PhD. Once they start the PhD they realise that they have no interest in it. In the end, they have wasted their time, money and finally drop out empty-handed. Do a PhD ONLY if you are interested in research and if you love the thrill of discovering something new.

[@kupatiya]

I have started my PhD....after spending 3 years as a research Engineer.....but after 2 semester.....I am doubting my decision...... But I know it is the best path for me ....so wish me luck 😃😃

[@rexmastersh2625]

Good luck!

[@IQLabs]

All the best!

[@danumatv8676]

Good luck

[@shashinidissanayake5788]

best of luck

[@jayanidesilva8067]

Good luck & all the best since phd contributes science sector so much

[@dileepjayathilaka7878]

Thank you, sir. As always unique and great content.

[@raviperera50]

Thank you. This is one of the most awaited videos for me. You helped me shape my future.

[@shiblymohamed7284]

මට උනක් තිබ්බා කවද හරි phd එකක් කරමු කියලා. හැබැයි දැනනං මට හිතෙන්නේ මං ඉන්නේ අනවශය ලිස්ට් එකේ. Might be a lives saving video. Thanks a lot.

[@rusiruhettimullage5226]

No, these are someone's opinions. If you want to do it, go for it.

[@ChathuraRanasingheOfficial]

This is a great video. Thanks for the important information.

[@re-searchlife9292]

This is very true! Thank you for sharing!

[@nishanidesoyza9784]

Wow great effort as always thank you very much aiya.

[@dampalranawaka7040]

Supiri ayye. Me video eka isselama enna thibba ekak. ❤❤❤

[@desilvaram]

Valuable video! Thanks a lot for the advices.

[@sudeshchinthaka9120]

Thank you Brother...it was so value video for all Sri Lankan who in this higher educational feeld. ඔබට ජයෙන් ජය රාලේ....බුදුසරණ මල්ලි උබට.

[@vimukthiwanigathunga3710]

Best Explanation,Thank you!!!❤️

[@redboxcinema3174]

Thank you aiye. Godak sthuthi.. Mama para wenas karaganna hithagaththa.. Godak pin.amaruwe watenna gehen beruna. Thank you.

[@insafifthikar5112]

It's a great video ayya A great help to decide our future goals

[@natureclipsbypradeep]

A valuable video. Thank you, sir.

[@ruwand07]

Good explanation, another difficult activity in this life is conducting experiments with continuous literature survey (Experiments and reading should be done simultaneously but it is very difficult in real situation)

[@kavindujayasinghe2062]

I did my a/l s in 2020. I got an important idea of following degree & job 💡 from you. I had understood by your motivation video .Thank you brother 👍👍👍

[@rifnaslm2332]

Excellent contents brother..keep moving....

[@hdnh7067]

You don't need to go deeper, simply if you are an introvert and have a good knowledge in the context (prior to start the PhD), don't have an extreme greed for money, value principles/knowledge/education/self satisfaction than material wealth, deep thinker, have a good analysis skills based on facts (not emotions), self disciplined, motivated, consistent, a good reader and a listener, feels that you have a greater potential to be an expert in the field and able to visualise the rough outcome/steps of the PhD research that you are going to begin, then go ahead and do it. If you don't have any of the above, reevaluate the decision.

[@inshafmoh3503]

Good guidances , motivation eka bessuwe na eththama kiwwoth a Kath motivation ekak thama..

[@enavigator3821]

PhD is about the journey not the destination or the certificate you get at the end. The qualities like experiences, struggles, skills, critical thinking, curiosity, connecting dots, seeing the bigger picture, courage you gain during this journey makes you better scholar in the future. PhD success does not always correlates to the undergraduate GPA. If you are doing a PhD like the way you are completing a bachelors degree, you cannot be an independent researcher.

[@careerbuilders9542]

Thank s Machan, You are very systematic! Fahmy

[@tarasenarathne4723]

Thanks for revealing the reality

[@telestars_Kthari1015]

Thank u so much. Godak prashna walata utthara labuna ❤️

[@indiragunasinghe4087]

Very informative. Thank you

[@devonfernando727]

I love all your videos. Thank you so much for doing such great videos. Good luck aiya♥️🥳

[@virajkjp]

Thank you so much for your advice

[@adhithadias2103]

There are non-thesis masters to further learn, if you like learning. If you don't like research, then you can do a non-thesis masters. It's pretty good qualification in the US to have a masters. There are students in my class in their 30s 40s working in well reputed companies but still trying to get a masters because it's a good push to go up in the corporate ladder.

[@shehanjithendra7799]

ගෙදරින් කැමැත්තට Phd කරපු එකෙක්

[@mghost_]

Aniwaren MSc karala PhD karanwa.........because I want to go to NASA as an astro scientist😌

[@yasithaliyanage2619]

Wow ! keep posting these attractive clips All the very best

[@Aemilindore]

Thanks Fadil.

[@ayeshajinadari3288]

Thank you so much sir ❤❤❤❤

[@chaturangawengappuliarachc4659]

Best youtube channel for a reason.Always targets on quality than quantity#

[@sahanirathnasiri4867]

This is great advice. I have made a wrong decision in doing a PHD and really suffered through it, though I finished it. So I agree with you. If you are not passionate in research dont do it.

[@ManojJinadasa]

good work. go on dude

[@prabhathchathuranga2392]

Thank you very much aiye ❤❤

[@malanilminiwanniarachchi1901]

1 අධ්‍යාපනය රැකියාව සදහාය 2 අධ්‍යාපනය අධ්‍යාපනය සදහාය මේ තමයි අධ්‍යාපනය ලබා ගැනීමේ පරමාර්ථයන් දෙක. මේ වීඩියෝ චැනල් එකේදී ඔබ පැහැදිලි කරන්නේ මෙයින් පලවෙනි කරුණ විතරයි. ඒත් අමතක කරන්න එපා අධ්‍යාපනය ලබා ගැනීමේ තවත් පරමාර්ථයක් තිබෙන බව. 😄

[@IQLabs]

මම කිව්වේ මේ හේතු නිසා PhD කරන්න එපා කියලා :) ඉතින් ඔයාගේ හේතුව වැරදියි කියලා කවුරුත් කිව්වේ නැහැ.

[@malanilminiwanniarachchi1901]

@@IQLabs මම ඉදිරිපත් කලේ මම විසින් සොයා ගත් හේතු නෙවෙයි. 😄අධ්‍යාපනවේදයේදී පිලිගත් නිර්ණායකයන් දෙකක් විතරයි. ඔබ මෙන්න මේ හේතු නිසා පීඑච්ඩී කරන්න එපා කීවත් ඒ හේතු නිසා පීඑච්ඩී කිරීමෙන් වුනත් " අධ්‍යාපනය අධ්‍යාපනය සදහාය" යන පරමාර්ථය අපතේ යන්නේ නෑ. අදහස් දැක්වීම අගය කරනවා. 🙏🙏🙏

[@enavigator3821]

When private universities invade the higher education, when you have to pay for your higher education #2 is no longer valid. It’s happening in countries like USA. Soon it will reach SL.

[@azellemyrah9180]

@@malanilminiwanniarachchi1901 Ow. Doing a PhD is my dream. Not doing a PhD as another qualification, but just because I love to do a research in the field of gender studies, to further study how complex gender is

[@malanilminiwanniarachchi1901]

@@azellemyrah9180 Actually, it is a valuable thing . I know some English language lectures in Sri lanka universities choose gender studies for their PHD. best of luck!

[@Foodonous]

"life saving" video. thank you sir..!!!!!!!!!!

[@sithumgunarathna6038]

What a great explainnation.you're talking about the real practical points. Really appreciate your words...

[@IQLabs]

My pleasure!

[@piumilak7726]

A valuable video. thank you.

[@charukainimankade3411]

thank you sir, grate vedio....

[@sl8379]

This depends on the country and the field. In US, there is a hudge diffefence in salaries for a MSc jobs and PhD jobs. But u r correct to say that PhD students are underpaid. But once they get into a job they can earn a lot. For a senior scientist job, the salary would b around 120k per year at the entry. so pls dont get discouraged if u do a PhD in a scientific field. Specially in a good country. But i agree with u, it is a waste of time to do a PhD in none job oriented field and a country

[@ashiniishara7094]

Thank you sir 💛💛💛💛

[@physicswithlalan5550]

අනිවාර්යයෙන් මේ වීඩියොව ඔය කරුණු මත phD ගත්තු සෙට් එකට ලොකු පහරක් වෙන නිසා සැර කොමෙන්ටු ටිකක් දාවි 😷😁🙏

[@IQLabs]

අනිවා

[@chanakachandrika5707]

Great advice of PHD. I hope to do phd as my hobby Thankyou for ur good explanation.

[@isurisuhara6881]

I am doing a Bioinformatics special degree,but do not wish to go aboard for PhD. I want to do a Msc in Sri Lanka to upgrade my knowledge on computer science,so I can do my own research later on biology field ,that's probably for the phd. I don't like supervisors giving me thier research, which I have no idea or interest on. I want to gather knowledge, technology to start one for my own interest. Thank you.

[@veronicadiasabeysighe130]

Good information putha tx.

[@tln8085]

My dream is to fly for an abroad country. That's why i'm going to do a Phd cuz parents cannot send me overseas with the limited properties they got. Is it possible to fly overseas for jobs after the general degree????

[@pererahasala]

Lovely Explaination Sir

[@esaliya]

Good one!

[@devinaluthge1136]

Great video.. Can you make a video on the difference between the M.Phil, MSc (by research) and PhD. Thanks

[@IQLabs]

Great suggestion!

[@KaveeshaNanayakkara99]

Thanks Aiye ❤️ අයියේ BSC සය BENG අතර ලොකු වෙනසක් තියෙනවද ? BENG කරල පිළිගැනීමක් නැද්ද ?

[@sanjayakapugedara3779]

Spot on

[@janandanyoganadan616]

Very good vedio.Changed my mind 😁😁

[@dilhaniweerasingha3702]

Thank you so much ayya This vidio 👍

[@dilakshavishva9849]

Attitude is all about Self Discipline and Consistency 😍

[@bathiyarathnayake]

I really liked the way how you described the importance of attitude. When I'm recruiting a person, the most important thing I look at is the person's attitude.

[@IQLabs]

Thanks for your comment! Apparently for some it's all about the qualifications. Stay blessed!

[@hansisathsara5975]

Thank you sir ..

[@ruzzzz45]

Very helpful video

[@nuwan123ful]

good one but this guy is a psychic, thanx bro

[@isurierandi2473]

Thank you 😍

[@chalakarathnayaka8535]

Great Video

[@udakasarinda3873]

I am working in a project, in which I use FPGA for simulation acceleration. There I need some help with hdl coding for FPGA and Nios II processer

[@Pradeepitha]

Great Video. But my Moral Is Decreased little bit.But Now I Know The Reality

[@binuamy6543]

This is depending person to person. If you are doing the relevant subject area with such an enthusiasm, you are obviously in a great path by choosing to do a PHD. My sister just completing her PHD in this month from Colombo university. I'm 19 & very passionate and enthusiastic about it and she's such a great role model for me and I'm really really proud of her. What I want to say for everyone who's watching this video, DO A PHD IF YOU ARE REALLY PASSIONATE AND ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT IT AND RELEVANT SUBJECT. IF YOU HAVE ENTHUSIASM YOU ARE GONNA ACHIEVE THE SUCCESS YOU WANT, DON'T STOP! YOU'LL ARE CAPABLE TO DO IT! ALL THE BEST FOR YOUR HIGHER STUDIES..

[@IQLabs]

Exactly!

[@thilinawickz219]

satisfied sir...thank you....

[@macxfadz]

If you can differentiate between D.Sc and Ph.D for our Sri Lankan Undergraduates that would be a great valuable information for them.

[@shashikamadushan3802]

How About masters? And i want to know What is the different between about BEng and Bsc And Msc and MEng

[@prashanmw3204]

A great video. you made people laugh in a really formal way in this video.. haha. Thank you...

[@IQLabs]

:D Thank you! I did audition for standup comedy once :D

[@s.r.s.arachchi7187]

Yes aiya, please make a video what about the pHD

[@jayansrijeewantha]

Great, exactly true

[@induminisaumyadhara1144]

I want to be a researcher but I'm in pending results first tried for a/l exam. But I don't know what's the way how I have achieved for my goal. I'm in sri lanka. My parents try to make me as a engineer I don't know what I do?

[@sinhalaviolinlessons]

Awesome.ahasin polawata watuna.dan aduma tramin meka krma mkkda wennr kyla theruna.

[@inshafmoh3503]

Today after your post I read some comments in this video .But some of the people did not understand the summary of the video .You talk about reality .And this video did not reduce the motivation .

[@pathumsathsara4087]

Yes it is true but for everyone doing a Phd may not be like a pacman game. There are lots of Phd holders did great things with their knowledge. From that point some can get a wrong idea And it's better upload this video after u complete ur Phd. I also think its better, do a phd if u have a strong will to research and to do something different. Personally me, i dont have even any degree and also i'm not hoping to do one. But i think some people will agree with me.

[@shobhaerandathee5136]

This is soo true, I just want to add this, "don't go abroad for your higher studies, if your main intention is PR"

[@chathusankajayasingha9290]

I went abroad and I came back. But I don't regret the decision. I learned so much more by living in a different country.

[@isharadilrukshi1435]

Superb bro.

[@venulakaveesha610]

Great Content. Can You explain different between PhD and DBA .

[@krishankumarapeli5834]

PhD designed for academics. It is totally research based. But DBA it is course work plus research. PhD has more gravity than DBA

[@dilshanjayathilake9559]

Aiyya I want to talk with you.will you tell me a way to contact you through

[@hasitharambukwella7337]

Reality ❤️

[@hesankarathnayake6132]

Sirwatama ayya.. phd kranna kalin kasadayk bandala sinhala jathiya raka gannwa misk.. owa kara kiylr wadak na

[@diliniherath1299]

I had absolutely no interest in pursuing higher studies and got straight into the industry after my Bachelors from Faculty of Engineering - UOP. But with my husband being in USA doing his PhD, I had no option but to try to apply there for higher studies. Didn't like it AT ALL but I wanted to stay with him, so I applied, got an assistantship, went there and still in the program. I feel pretty amazing now though, and I have no regrets at all. So just saying, sometimes it would do wonders even for someone who might not like the idea of pursuing higher studies in the first place.

[@starrynight43451]

Whats your field

[@diliniherath1299]

@@starrynight43451 it's civil engineering - water resources.

[@hirunipramudika6837]

@@diliniherath1299 husband 's field

[@-vidunena8912]

Thank you very much

[@tharushipathirana4977]

I'm so grateful I found you❤

[@IQLabs]

That's very kind of you :)

[@winndy-122]

Latvia wala bachelor thesis eka phd research wagemai. Latvia wala 2015 phd studentslage publish research topics tamai denne bachelor degree ekata. Lnkawe tamai lesiyen degree kohewat denne ne. Apima tamai taniyema ape weda karaganne, kuppi ehema wanna kawrut ne.

[@Shashika_Janith]

This is very true

[@widuralatest]

I have been telling this to most who wanted to do PhD. If PhD means getting more salary, that is highly unlikely. However, if you in macadamia, PhD is having real merit.

[@ruchiraperera5372]

Good Informative

[@dvw7665]

wow i made a lengthy comment last night on this topic and how valuable a Phd is depending on the career you are doing and it is deleted just like that. Did I hit a spot or something.

[@randimabandara162]

Good work malli

[@IQLabs]

Thank you ayye

[@sinalinimanya1291]

Can we go for a phd after a three yr degree unless i dont get selected to a special🤭

[@lavandeneth9965]

well explained

[@Calchustler]

People who step into Phd soon after Bachelors degree struggle. But if they were gone through MPhil, then it would be easier and less stressful

[@enavigator3821]

Not always, if you have a good quality bachelors degree it’s not a problem.

[@amithachandima3318]

සල්ලි හදන එක ගැන (පොහොසත් වෙන එක ගැන) research එකක් කරන්න ආසයි. මොකද ඔය ඉගනගෙන job ladder එකේ යන ක්‍රමයෙන් සල්ලි හදන්න බැහැ. එකත් අපිව රවට්ටන අපිව corporate slave කරන ක්‍රමයක් විතරයි.

[@udakasarinda3873]

I need some help with hdl coding for FPGA and Nios II processer

[@dineshikahemantha9497]

Mokada karanne kiyala latha wewi hitiya mata sarthaka pilithurak labuna.yatharthya kata karala jeevitha aharaman novii inna.me vidiyata atta kata karata pin 🙏

[@chathusankajayasingha9290]

Totally agree.

[@chalithasandaruwan7157]

Thank you sir for this video. Honestly I also had an intention to move on to the PhD after my Msc, but in this video you discussed about an unknown territory which i haven't considered so far about my PhD. You made me reconsider about my decisions and put severely intersting points to be considered. ❤❤❤❤

[@IQLabs]

I'm glad it was helpful machan!

[@kasungunathilake7860]

Accidentally found this vidio , excellent.. and wonderful... keep it up

[@nirmithaprasad3000]

සුපිරි අය්යෙ. ඔයා ඒතරම්ම ජොබ් field එකෙ වැඩ කරන කෙනෙක් නෙමෙනෙ. පොඩ්ඩක් you tube බලන්න kosala edirisinghe you tube chanel එක.corporate එකෙ ගේම ගහන විදිය එකෙ තියෙන politics ඉගෙන ගන්න පුලුවන් සුපිරිම චැනල් එකක්.. ඔයාටත් එකෙන් ගොඩක් ideas ගන්න පුලුවන් වෙයි...

[@IQLabs]

අවුරුදු දෙකක් ලංකාවේ 3D printer හදන පුද්ගලික ආයතනයක වැඩ කළා මල්ලි. ඇති තරම් තැම්බිලා තියෙනවා.

[@buddhadasajayawardana7979]

I think the title of the video is wrong becaz of that some get the wrong idea of it.