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> but you've got an entirely different problem that you could be out of the workforce between 5-10 years Do you mean because of automation?
by lagrange77 3y ago
> but you've got an entirely different problem that you could be out of the workforce between 5-10 years
Do you mean because of automation?
- vineyardmike 3y agoBecause PhDs aren’t fast to acquire. It could take 5-10y to complete. And you usually can’t do a PhD part-time and continue to work.
- lagrange77 3y agoOh, i get it. I misread it as: > but you've got an entirely different problem that you could be out of the workforce in between 5-10 years
- maleldil 3y agoFWIW, this is a very US-centric view. In the UK, you will usually do an MSc + PhD in 4.5 years: 1 year for an MSc and 3.5 for a PhD. You can double that time if you want to do it part-time, in which case you can continue working.
- neofrommatrix 3y agoBecause tech moves fast. For instance, about 10 years ago, cloud was big (and it still somewhat is). I assume a lot of students dug deep and got their masters and PhDs in it. Now, there’s a lot less jobs or a lot more competition compared to then.
- PaulHoule 3y agoJust change. It is amazing how fast an academic field can "burn out", for instance the discovery of the renormalization group in physics and its application ran a lot of its course in just a few years. Similarly if you were a deep learning expert 5 years ago departments were really hiring up and you'd have an easy time continuing in academia, if you start on deep learning today it is possible there are just too many deep learning experts and not enough jobs.