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Want to quit my PhD

New here, so I would not be surprised if posts like this are pretty common, but I am at a point where I’ve realized that the PhD is just not for me.

For context, I’m in electrical engineering and I joined the program originally just for a masters degree back in the fall of 2019. Toward the end of my masters, my supervisor basically talked me into staying for a PhD and I basically decided “why not? It’ll just basically be a continuation of what I’m already doing.” Fast forward to now, and I’m just ready to be finished. I’ve realized that I don’t honestly care about the PhD and I’d rather just work an industry job. 

I actually tried to quit about a year ago, but my advisor gave me some things to consider, so I postponed my decision. A year later, I’m still feeling pretty much the same and my research has hardly progressed since last year.

I know that I want to quit, the hardest part for me is the impact it will have on my advisor and my research group. I’m on an externally funded project and my absence will definitely leave a hole. My plan would be to finish out the semester and in that time write out processes and help train other students to be able to fill my role as best as possible, but I still fear the response of my advisor. I have a good relationship with him, but he is also pretty quick to get pissed off.

Any advice or thoughts would be greatly appreciated!

Tl;dr: I want to quit my PhD, but I feel bad about the repercussions that will have on my advisor and colleagues. But I know that I don’t want to finish this degree.
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That’s very considerate of you to think of not leaving others in a lurch. It sounds like your advisor may have an inkling this was a possibility and should probably be preparing. You can probably feel fine quitting like any other job: two weeks notice. If you can leave some breadcrumbs for others to follow your work I’m sure that will be appreciated.