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I don't think that is universally the case. I transitioned back into academia after being in industry. Admittedly, I was only out in industry a couple of years
by bem94 8y ago
I don't think that is universally the case. I transitioned back into academia after being in industry. Admittedly, I was only out in industry a couple of years and I've not found academia to my liking.
My background is microelectronics, and in my experience there is still a big skills gap inside academia which I think only people from industry can really fill. There is no substitute for practical/applied engineering experience, and that experience goes a very long way in informing how realistic or implementable a piece of new research is.
If professors are insightful enough to see the skills which engineers from industry can offer academia, then it's a benefit to everyone.
- stakhanov 8y agoDid you get hired in a proper research and/or teaching role though in the subject area that you previously worked in when you were in academia? Or did they just pay you out of a research grant for a role as a technician of some kind? Big difference there, as the latter are, in my experience, treated as a "lower caste" and get paid neither as much as other academics nor as much as they would get paid in industry.