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Possibly, but at least some experience in academia is terribly helpful, speaking from experience. There's a lot of particuliarities in funding, organisation, te
by epse 4y ago
Possibly, but at least some experience in academia is terribly helpful, speaking from experience. There's a lot of particuliarities in funding, organisation, terminology, special stacks, ... You can certainly learn them "on the job", but if you already know them, even better
- euroderf 4y agoJust wondering then, how much of that kind of knowledge is portable among academic research environments, and how much is peculiar to every individual environment ? Is there something that is dying to be written up for people entering the field ?
- aragilar 4y agoDifferent aspects will be differently portable (e.g. funding will region specific, modulo field specific schemes). Having a PhD (in a relevant field) gives you domain knowledge as well as knowing where the pitfalls are, and a PhD in general will mean you're at least familiar with what questions to ask/who to ask those questions.
- ehnto 4y agoI found this to be true. I was totally blow away by just how different of a world academia was, and how differently it operated. Software as a cost centre was a very unique experience on it's own, and software practices melded with institutional processes was genuinely shocking to me. Being able to take that stuff on the chin and still want to work there is probably not something you'll get from people who've been enjoying a cruisey experience in industry.