Hardly generalizable though. Went through a data science / engineering fellowship for phds and the first people to get placed were the ones who did a PhD decade

Hardly generalizable though. Went through a data science / engineering fellowship for phds and the first people to get placed were the ones who did a PhD decades ago and were doing something else for a longtime and now wanted to get back into tech. There are definitely places in the US that value experience and wisdom and others that don't.