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How is it better for them to work for you and get a PhD rather than working in industry? I ask this as a computer science PhD student on the theory/algorithms s
by majos 8y ago
How is it better for them to work for you and get a PhD rather than working in industry? I ask this as a computer science PhD student on the theory/algorithms side, where opportunities to learn how to do research fresh out of undergrad are pretty much exclusive to PhD programs. This doesn't seem to be the case for your area, but I imagine there is some edge?
- azhenley 8y agoThis is a great point, and one that is difficult to answer. The biggest reason I did a PhD is the freedom to explore the problems that I wanted. I didn't want to be told what to do or worry about short term contributions to a product/company. I imagined it a bit like doing my own startup where I have 4-6 years of funding.
- majos 8y agoNot a bad pitch, but I suppose the main difficulty is getting the pitch to potential students in the first place, which is much harder past the very top schools. If the nature of your funding allows it keeping a close eye out for motivated undergrads and actually employing them could work to raise your profile to attract grad students. As I understand it identifying good undergrad researchers is quite hard, but it may be a good low-financial-commitment way to spin up a group of sorts?
- adreamingsoul 8y agoI’d apply, but I dont want a CS degree.