要看你说的前途是指什么了. 是说有工作机会? 还是工资待遇更好(合算)? 还是更适合你自己. 对应的答案应该不同吧.

是指有安全感的工作吧, 能干到很大年纪的那种, 最好不需要时时疲于奔命的学新东西不染就担心被炒, 工资尚可就行了, 是不是作梦呀:(

This is typical life for a Ph.D, I guess.

This is typical life for a Ph.D, I guess.

就怕成为待业PHD呀， 对学校没什么信心 ，而且CS不比其他， 好像PHD需求量不大？

yeah, you can go to teach in a small school,depends on if you are good.
Find a job also possible bah.
This years's faculty market is not very good, but 2 years ago it is still good.
2001-2002.
s after u grad,maybe the market picks up again, u never know what's going to happen, do sth you like bah.

i don't think faculty's market will be better because there are soooooo many
PHd-to-bes during these years.
it is too hard to find a job for cs master, so ppl just stay in university for phds,
and professors don't have chances to Industry as well, inputs only, no outputs,
what result can we expect? sigh

唉， 如你所说，随大流没有好果子吃， 但是俺怎么总发现自己身不由己得随波逐流了呢

but job market is picking up right?
so some people may go out and find a job instead of doing PHD.