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His research field is software engineering. Which is one of those fields where all the exciting and fun advancements happen in the industry, and the academic re
by ensan 5y ago
His research field is software engineering. Which is one of those fields where all the exciting and fun advancements happen in the industry, and the academic research is often quite boring and slow.
Not to mention in terms of making money, you would be far better off in the industry than spending 6 years in hopes of getting a tenure.
- hn_throwaway_99 5y ago> His research field is software engineering I think this is really key. Unlike many computer science disciplines that really benefit from the academic environment (e.g. you can work on a problem for a long time without the constraints of business considerations), when your field is literally "how to best build software in a collaborative environment", the best place to really learn that is by building software in a collaborative environment. The tech giants even have large, focused research teams on how to improve their own software engineering processes.
- ketozhang 5y ago> Not to mention in terms of making money, you would be far better off in the industry than spending 6 years in hopes of getting a tenure. That's true for most technical fields in academia. A physics degree can land you a well paid job as a data analyst/scientist or in quantitative finance.