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From his "executive bio": "Scott holds an M.S. in computer science from Wake Forest University, a B.S. in computer science from Lynchburg College, and is an al
by andyjohnson0 10y ago
From his "executive bio":
"Scott holds an M.S. in computer science from Wake Forest University, a B.S. in computer science from Lynchburg College, and is an all-but-dissertation drop out from the computer science Ph.D. program at the University of Virginia." [1]
Props for not trying to paper-over that last part.
[1] http://news.microsoft.com/exec/kevin-scott/ http://news.microsoft.com/exec/kevin-scott/
- timtadh 10y agoHe does have 10 publications from his time as a PhD Student. https://dl.acm.org/author_page.cfm?id=81100544101 https://dl.acm.org/author_page.cfm?id=81100544101
- yread 10y agoThis one has more than 200 citations https://scholar.google.nl/scholar?q=Retargetable+and+reconfigurable+software+dynamic+translation&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 https://scholar.google.nl/scholar?q=Retargetable+and+reconfi...
- xapata 10y agoI don't think an ABD is seen as shameful, certainly not by most folks who have completed their PhDs.
- andyjohnson0 10y agoI agree. Not shameful at all.
- KKKKkkkk1 10y agoNo, if you didn't graduate then you didn't graduate. Bragging about your drop-out status reminds me of Elizabeth Holmes.
- fsloth 10y agoIt's not bragging, it's explaining where those years went. And doing publishable work does carry merit, thesis or no thesis.
- KKKKkkkk1 10y agoWhen you say "drop-out from Hogwarts University" you are appropriating the Hogwarts brand to yourself. When you say "ABD PhD" you are misleading people into thinking that you're some kind of a PhD. This is doing unjustice to the people who actually did the work to get a PhD from said university. If you don't have a PhD, don't put the words PhD in your bio.
- gfody 10y agoyou realize a PhD isn't something you're just awarded for showing up for 4 years? depending on the circumstances, how much a dick your adviser is, w/e.. at some point any sane reasonable person not trying to dedicate their life to acadamia can and should absolutely abandon the program.
- fsloth 10y agoI think to "do injustice" to someone requires an actual causal relationship with the claimed victims.
- pc86 10y agoCome on. It literally says "drop out" - no reasonable person could possibly believe the guy has a PhD, and being ABD is a hell of lot more than 99% of the population. Not to mention the fact that UVA is a good school generally so I can't imagine it's a cakewalk to even get admitted to their doctoral programs. If he didn't mention an n-year gap in his background you'd say he was trying to hide the fact he was a drop out. You're just looking for something to complain about. I finished my Bachelor's many years after I left school. I still had to list the school and the timeframe because otherwise I'd get questions about. I wasn't able to just say "I went to school but didn't graduate, but I don't want to appropriate the brand of my former university!" That's idiotic.
- czechdeveloper 10y agoCV is bragging? I write in my CV what I did. When I studied something for few years and then dropped out for better opportunity, I write that in my CV.