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The risk may be lower but the forgone income is a lot greater. The median admit to a CS Ph.D. programme, even the worst ones in the US, can probably get a job a
by barry-cotter 7y ago
The risk may be lower but the forgone income is a lot greater. The median admit to a CS Ph.D. programme, even the worst ones in the US, can probably get a job at Google and can definitely get a job programming for a living if they have the right to live in the US. If they’re from a less developed country a Ph.D. stipend and the possibility of staying afterwards probably looks pretty great.
- chrisseaton 7y ago> The median admit to a CS Ph.D. programme, even the worst ones in the US, can probably get a job at Google Hah I think the hiring bar for Google is higher than the bar for a PhD viva!
- barry-cotter 7y agoFor real? Because people have been hired directly from Lambda School and App Academy to Google and one would get the impression that https://elementsofprogramminginterviews.com/ https://elementsofprogramminginterviews.com/ and leetcode would do, which is maybe six month’s work from a standing start.
- chrisseaton 7y agoWell I know a lot of people with PhDs who couldn't pass a Google interview. Of course it's harder to tell how many can pass a Google interview but can't pass a PhD, because people don't tend to simply 'fail' a PhD except in extreme circumstances, and people who drop out of a PhD weren't necessarily going to fail. I have a PhD and I don't think I could pass the famous Google interview! I'm just not that good.
- michaelmior 7y agoThis is very true about income. Although I think it's safe to say that the lifetime earnings of a PhD graduate in CS are likely to be well above average across the whole population even if significantly lower than those who skipped the PhD.