Sep 22nd 2011, 12:23:51
I finished my PhD some years ago (of process-control-engineering) when I was working in a research organization and after that I got better, more interesting job in industry, which I could have got without my PhD.
Most of the above adviced seems to be just what I have thought. I finsihed my PhD when I was doing totally different research than my thesis, and it really took lots of time. When I joined that research organization I had about from half to one year full time work to do. And then I played Earth... don't follow my foot steps!