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> My goal is to actually use the concepts I spent so much to learn in my PhD in my career. Hmmm... That was me, 12 years ago, after having done a Ph.D. focuss
by gyulai 4y ago
> My goal is to actually use the concepts I spent so much to learn in my PhD in my career.
Hmmm... That was me, 12 years ago, after having done a Ph.D. focussing on computational semantics (the nlp-kind, not the compiler-kind). Trying to apply it anywhere in industry has been my white whale ever since. I'd recommend de-emphasizing the "I'd like to work here to apply this incredibly specific thing that I've been working on for my Ph.D." angle in job interviews.
- cvoss 4y agoAgree fully. Yes, after a good dissertation, you are the world's expert on [title of your dissertation]. But you learned so much more getting that degree than is captured by that very narrow lens. So I would argue that if you try too hard to land The Job that maximizes your dissertation expertise, you will actually be wasting much of your degree.