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Nice write-up! I would like to insist more on the false "industry vs. academia" dichotomy, that was mentioned at the end of the post. I was asked the same quest
by anticristi 6y ago
Nice write-up! I would like to insist more on the false "industry vs. academia" dichotomy, that was mentioned at the end of the post. I was asked the same question at the end of my PhD: "Do you want a one-way ticket to academia, or a one-way ticket to industry?"
After 8 years of back-and-forth, I settled on both. I think this should be the norm. Professors should take a break from paper writing to work on a startup and/or be in industrial board meetings to know what to research next.
I have so many friends that kept a foot in both industry and academia. I find the model very valuable.
- MaxBarraclough 6y ago> I settled on both. I think this should be the norm. As I understand it, law and medicine are run this way.
- anticristi 6y agoI think you are right! In Sweden, clinical work is excluded from academic age when applying for positions or grants in medicine. In CS, "that year in industry" counts as a big whole in your publication list.
- raziel2701 6y ago100% agree with you, students are fed the trap that only academia and industry are possible, no one talks about the entrepreneurial path which is the only one that offers the opportunity of making it big. And it's the only scenario where I feel it's justified working 60-80 hr weeks: you're building your company/product. It's a position with a risk/reward ratio that you can't find in academia or industry, and I think most of us here know that you learn a lot when you're free to deep dive into ideas you love.