> People should do PhD if they are genuinely interested in doing scientific research. This condition is necessary, but not sufficient. After finishing my PhD

> People should do PhD if they are genuinely interested in doing scientific research. This condition is necessary, but not sufficient. After finishing my PhD in quantum information, I turned to data science. I couldn’t be happier about this transition! Compared with academia, data science world looks to me like a wonderland. tl;dr: faster pace, more freedom (sic!), way less bureaucracy and politics, etc Longer version: https://p.migdal.pl/2015/12/14/sci-to-data-sci.html https://p.migdal.pl/2015/12/14/sci-to-data-sci.html