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A colleague of mine at IBM Research and I made a presentation on the subject that we used to give to college students. http://www.woan.org/Presentations/Crossi
by woan 16y ago
A colleague of mine at IBM Research and I made a presentation on the subject that we used to give to college students.
http://www.woan.org/Presentations/Crossing.pdf http://www.woan.org/Presentations/Crossing.pdf
I think that others mentioned that you really want the PhD if you want to go into research and especially if you are interested in the search for truth rather than good enough to work in the real world. Kind of like the difference between science and engineering.
Coming out with a PhD from a top school means that you will more than likely be the world's expert in something (whether that something is important is another question) which is pretty cool.
- rbranson 16y agoDefinitely TOP SCHOOL though. I've met and worked with many PhD CS students from the lower end of the spectrum who were nothing more than book smart, in the worst way. I guess lower and mid tier schools just don't require real innovative thought out of their graduate students. They couldn't apply their knowledge in any way to solve any problem. Their graduate work was neither innovative in a scientific or practical fashion. They were relegated to business analysis & project management at a major corporation. Yuck.