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5 years of grad school implies a PhD - in which case they should be hyper specialize in some field. Sounds like your friends just chose the wrong subject to pur
by something123 11y ago
5 years of grad school implies a PhD - in which case they should be hyper specialize in some field. Sounds like your friends just chose the wrong subject to pursue a PhD in. Normally you're supposed to end up being one of the top 20 experts in a very narrow field of study.
In generally this doesn't bear out in computer science (which I still think is barely qualified to be a department)
- jedberg 11y agoThey are in fact top experts in their fields (1/2 were computer science and the other 1/2 were chemistry). But even being the top in your field doesn't outweigh 5 years of experience.
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- learc83 11y agoMaybe for their first jobs in industry. But assuming they aren't in academia, I'm betting a PhD in an in-demand CS field will be making a lot more than someone with a BS and 5 extra years experience in a few years. Not to mention that for the type of jobs that require a PhD, the 5 years it takes is 5 years of relevant experience. And there are many jobs that are effectively closed to people without PhDs regardless of how much experience they have.