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> I won't have a career in academia.
by flobosg 2y ago
> I won't have a career
in academia.
- anonymoushn 2y agoI don't think these big AI labs give you much credit for being a PhD dropout
- Der_Einzige 2y agoThey do... if you have NeurIPS/ACL/EMNLP publications! :)
- maleldil 2y agoEven then, there are too many PhDs for few spots in academia and top-tier labs, so there's no way a PhD dropout could compete unless they have some other kind of experience. Also, it's not that hard to publish in high-end NLP conferences, so it doesn't say much.
- Der_Einzige 2y agoI watched a startup give an NLP AI engineer with only 1 workshop paper at ACL get a 150K remote offer less than a month ago. This person is in the middle of their BS program right now. It is most certainly not easy to publish top AI research (unless you are doing unethical things). I repeat, if you have a NeurIPS main conference publication, you don't need to have a degree for a top AI lab to at least consider you. If your experiences are different, my guess is that you're not an American.
- maleldil 2y agoNo, not an American. Did you mean that Americans have lower standards than Europeans in this respect? I'm confused about your last sentence. Anyway, my note was specifically about publishing NLP research at ACL conferences (ACL, NAACL, EMNLP, etc.), where publishing mediocre work hasn't been difficult. Just go through the proceedings, and you'll see that's the case. I don't know about NeurIPS.
- Nevermark 2y ago> No, not an American. Did you mean that Americans have lower standards than Europeans in this respect? I'm confused about your last sentence. Perhaps the US has more flexible hiring standards? Given all the school dropout success stories here. As apposed to lower standards.
- Razengan 2y agoThis whole system seems like something out of a bizarre comedic parody of human society, except it's real.