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There are three things here: 0. A PhD is a starting degree in research, in that, it shows that you can do research. So, a lot of industry work (after you have e
by myworkinisgood 2y ago
There are three things here:
0. A PhD is a starting degree in research, in that, it shows that you can do research. So, a lot of industry work (after you have experience for some years) can be equivalent to PhD work.
1. An obvious exaggeration but somewhat true: https://xkcd.com/664/ https://xkcd.com/664/
2. Apart from tinkering and actually achieving a result, doing a PhD often also means being able to know why it makes sense to explore the field. So, in addition to actually achieving speedup, you have to study the background of all approaches and being aware of advantages and disadvantages of all of them.