The specialization of CS related PHd's were truly more hurtful then helpful (on the whole, not as a 100% "rule") when I recruited $120-$150k programmers (mostly

The specialization of CS related PHd's were truly more hurtful then helpful (on the whole, not as a 100% "rule") when I recruited $120-$150k programmers (mostly finance / eCommerce giants). From the VP's (paraphrased) "They tend to be too narrowly focused on their field of study, and many times have a hard time adapting to our ___ Sounds like they were looking for programmers to do the kind of boring work that CS PhDs would get sick of really quick. Other companies would love to have exactly the same CS PhDs you were rejecting.