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Startup or PHD, which is better option for computer science graduate?
i am a working in a datamining and information retrieval research project. I was thinking of applying for the PHD. Working couple of hours a day after office time for 2 months i was able to lunch a website and a Facebook application. This fun project motivates me to do similar projects, at the same time it confused me whether to go for full time project of my own or go for PHD.
- jcr 15y agoRead this very early HN submission (note the ID #): http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=227 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=227 And then you might want to talk to andres of octopart.com http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=andres http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=andres
- surendra_sedhai 15y agoThanks for the links.
- scottchin 15y agoIt really depends on why you would want a PhD. There are many good reasons. I am just finishing up a PhD myself (after first completing a masters degree) and I tell everyone who is considering a PhD to only pursue it if they have a good idea of how a PhD fits into their future. For example, you may want to become a professor, or get access to some specific research jobs.
- surendra_sedhai 15y agoDo you see the possibility of making Computer Science PhD work as a some real product rather than just few publications?