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CS and engineering PhDs seem to fall into a kinda weird category of "industrial" PhDs where it seems more people go in from the get-go with no interest in stayi
by a-dub 8y ago
CS and engineering PhDs seem to fall into a kinda weird category of "industrial" PhDs where it seems more people go in from the get-go with no interest in staying in academia. I think some CS/engr programs actually have built-in expectations of doing internships with industry, which seems really backwards to me.
- chrisseaton 8y ago> I think some CS/engr programs actually have built-in expectations of doing internships with industry, which seems really backwards to me Why do you think this is backwards? Industry often has more resources for research than academia does, so doing an industrial internship is usually a way to supercharge your research and get better data and try more things. How is that backwards?
- majos 8y agoMany of these internships are research-oriented, so they're not really the same as normal undergrad/software development internships.
- Fomite 8y agoComing from a non-CS background, the fact that the summer is often not a great time to get work done with CS graduate students because they're away at internships is taking a lot of getting used to.