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While I agree that PhD gate-keeping is frustrating, I've found a sizable subset of the people who say that really mean "we want you to have the mathematical fou

While I agree that PhD gate-keeping is frustrating, I've found a sizable subset of the people who say that really mean "we want you to have the mathematical foundation for this", not "we require a PhD". I don't have a PhD, but I've found that generally, as long as I can show I have the theory down, employers don't seem to mind.

minimaxir 9y ago
The PhD reference in the comment is more toward other comments made on Hacker News/Reddit/Medium thought pieces. For job hunting, the credibility issue is more nuanced, and I wrote a separate rant about that a couple weeks ago: https://twitter.com/minimaxir/status/951117788835278848 https://twitter.com/minimaxir/status/951117788835278848