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But how much does the Ph.D. glut argument apply to computer science? I've never found a solid answer, and that information is especially relevant to my future c
by m0th87 17y ago
But how much does the Ph.D. glut argument apply to computer science? I've never found a solid answer, and that information is especially relevant to my future career path (and I'm sure many others on HN)
- neilc 17y agoI'm biased (currently a PhD student), but I think your employment prospects are pretty good with a CS PhD, especially if it is (a) from a good school (b) in something practical (a PhD in theory might still let you get a job at somewhere like Microsoft Research, but it depends on what kind of theory; a theory PhD would be less helpful for most startups). With a CS PhD, you have a lot of options: academia, industrial research (Microsoft Research, IBM Research, and so on), working for or founding a startup, etc. Happily, many CS graduate schools and professors explicitly recognize that many grad students don't intend to pursue a career in academia, which I think is less the case in other academic fields.
- robryan 17y agoYou can also see it conceivably helping with a start up idea that pushes the boundaries, something that requires you to do years of research to pull off well is probably going to be a bigger gap in the start up market that something that just does something in a crowded market slightly better and more efficiently.
- tom_b 17y agoCheck out the Taulbee survey numbers to get more meaningful information on what CS PhD employment is like.