What do you have, to sell yourself when you get your phd?

Siok, a Malaysia auntie I met at landmark forum invited me over for dinner.
Nanthida, her 15 years old daughter just did her Landmark forum over the weekends and was all excited about it. She's such a lovely girl.
There, I was introduced to Xiaofeng, a mining process engineer who aimed very well in his research to get to where he is now. He did his phd with industrial grant and understand how the real industrial world works during his research. That positioned himself very well when he finished his research, and now he is earning good money in the mines.

A good question he asked me:

What do you have, to sell yourself when you get your phd?

Something to ponder...