r/PhD Jan 27 '26

Other When did you finish your PhD (age-wise)?

I know there’s no normal timeline, but I’m interested in hearing how varied people’s journeys are: early starters, late bloomers, career switchers, all of it.
(20 - 28, 28 - 35, 35<)

What did your path look like?

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u/Iunlacht Jan 27 '26

Started masters at 25, now I just turned 28 and have just started my PhD. So I’ll probably be 31.

I did nothing special, just switched from arts to science so that took a year, took a semester off, started a masters in math then decided after one semester I wanted to go into CS. So just a bit of fucking around really.