> If a student's goal is to build something that people actually want to use, they are much better served by taking an industry position in a product group. Ag

> If a student's goal is to build something that people actually want to use, they are much better served by taking an industry position in a product group. Agreed, I should have phrased that better. Fundamentally, the focus should be on 'generating new knowledge,' right? > From my perspective, the obsession with publishing is just another version of the same problem. Yes. :(