I have decided to stop doing my PhD. I believe the normal form here is to go part-time, then suspend it “for a year” then to keep meaning to get back to it for the rest of your life. But since I wasn’t getting anywhere very fast, and I couldn’t afford to devote a reasonable amount of time to it while still earning enough to pay my mortgage, and I needed to decide straight away before I had to pay another year’s fees, I’ve decided to just call a halt to the whole thing.

This is not to say that I haven’t learnt a lot of very useful stuff, or enjoyed being a grad student, or anything like that. It’s just not what I want to be doing part-time for an indefinite number of years while worrying about money.

In the short term, I’ll be doing a lot more work on Computer Science Unlugged, and plenty of marking. But I’ll also be looking for full-time work, so do let me know if you know anywhere that needs someone like me.

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