I feel going from a CS PhD to working as a standard software engineer is probably a waste of the person’s time, while also resulting in lower pay. It’s not lik

I feel going from a CS PhD to working as a standard software engineer is probably a waste of the person’s time, while also resulting in lower pay. It’s not like other fields where your area of research might be very different from what you get employed for; in CS, your area of research probably has a startup that could use your domain skills. Eg: a CS Security PhD can find gainful employment on the security teams of any of the big software giants doing work that’s not too dissimilar from their research.