#149 - Which Doctorate Is Right for You? What Universities Will Not Tell You

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The part of the doctirate nobody warns you about.

I've been running a series of conversations with working professionals doing PhDs and DBAs over the last few weeks. Different fields, different institutions, different countries. One thing came up again and again.

The loneliness.

Not in the coursework year. That part has structure, deadlines, a cohort you see regularly. The isolation hits afterwards, when the taught modules end and it's just you and the research.

One person told me their cohort WhatsApp group was buzzing for a year and then went completely silent. Another said the group existed but nobody really talked. The work gets harder exactly when the support disappears.

I think there's something worth building here. A small group of working professionals doing doctorates, meeting weekly, somewhere to bring the question you're stuck on and find people who actually understand the stage you're at.

Before I build anything, I want to know if this is real or if it's just me.

If this is something you'd want to be part of, hit reply and tell me one thing: where are you in your doctorate right now?

That's it. I read every reply.

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