[sno129]

I'm assuming you don't have a Ph.D. if it sounds generic to you. I think it's really impossible to explain to somebody who hasn't gone through it how much a Ph.D. changes the way you think.

Whether it's worth the time investment is another matter, however, which I'll leave alone.

[adastra22]

The change isn’t unique to a PhD though. Plenty of people receive similar or better training in industry.

[Ekaros]

I hope that most people change after 5, 10 and 20 years of experience in industry and think in different ways than when they started...