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"A PhD is less important for doing groundbreaking applied engineering and entrepreneurial work, especially in tech." I'm just going to sit here and ponder "gro
by mcguire 6y ago
"A PhD is less important for doing groundbreaking applied engineering and entrepreneurial work, especially in tech."
I'm just going to sit here and ponder "groundbreaking entrepreneurial work" for a while. Is it like "financial innovation?"
Anyway, I'll also point to Matt Might's illustrated guide: http://matt.might.net/articles/phd-school-in-pictures/ http://matt.might.net/articles/phd-school-in-pictures/
- AnHonestComment 6y agoI don’t read that quote as “groundbreaking” applies to both terms, but rather “groundbreaking applied engineering” and “entrepreneurial” as two kinds of applied domains where the knowledge gained in a PhD is perhaps less useful than 4-6 years of work experience. I’m not sure why you’re mocking “financial innovation” — do you think there aren’t new ways to do commerce or finance than what we have now? Also, that post is dumb: the topology of knowledge isn’t nearly so simple — and that’s worth remembering because the places where you can create new knowledge aren’t all at some boundary which only can be reached by a vaunted PhD. The oversimplification isn’t enlightening — it’s a self-serving justification for classism.