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If it's a brand name tech company, like faang, it opens up many doors in your future to have the name on your resume. It makes it easier to get grants in the fu
by cm2012 5y ago
If it's a brand name tech company, like faang, it opens up many doors in your future to have the name on your resume. It makes it easier to get grants in the future. You'll also get practical experience that will help your science work.
Just make sure to keep living on your PHD salary, put the rest to savings. If you start living on the higher salary you'll never be able to go back to your PHD again.
- jraph 5y agoI can't imagine getting back to a PhD after a few years in the industry. Maybe after a few months, yes, but that's probably not worth it and probably not a good look on the resume. What's more, your current PhD topic might be outdated in a few years.
- makedecisions 5y agoNot faang but still brand name, like snowflake, databricks, ... Grants are not really my concern here. I agree that industry experience could be great to increase productivity for a PhD, but I don't think that there will be a way back once I quit. Thanks for your thoughts!