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People focus on the title and what it can buy you, but forget the skill set acquired and what that can buy you. I have a PhD, but it didn't really help me get
by skj 11y ago
People focus on the title and what it can buy you, but forget the skill set acquired and what that can buy you.
I have a PhD, but it didn't really help me get my job. What it did do is change me from a worker drone into an independent thinker and designer who can write design docs blindingly fast (compared to my highly esteemed, but slower writing, peers).
Not saying that everyone without a PhD is a worker drone, just that I was.
- nbclapton 11y agoI've known PhDs who wrote very high level design docs full of hand-waved features. When they implemented anything, half of the features were segfaulting and the code base was a mess. None of this changed their self confidence in the slightest. Curiously, people pushing for formal methods, unit tests and sane design practices were all non-PhDs.