How about all of them. I was like you, graduated with a master of engineering. Right after i completed the master, everyone around me is telling me to progress into PhD. But at that time, i was really curious about job life, i ended up ignore all of them, even had an argument with my parents, i found a job, and i worked for a year

Now that i realised, working in Malaysia isn't really what i want (even though i'm transferred to Australia later), and master will not get me any further than a bachelor. I dont want an endless and repetitive life working on something i have no passion in a consultant firm. I decided to quit my job on 30th April. Now i am on a holiday, and preparing myself for the PhD, working or researching on a title/ topic that i liked.

So.. yeah. Basically everything you wrote, self-satisfaction, job-prospects, easy PR, family pressure.

This post has been edited by Subang Nuclear Reactor: May 7 2017, 10:39 PM