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A PhD does not prepare you for a startup. I do not want to discourage you from doing a PhD if that is what you want to do (I wish I had gotten my PhD!), but do
by adastra22 2mo ago
A PhD does not prepare you for a startup. I do not want to discourage you from doing a PhD if that is what you want to do (I wish I had gotten my PhD!), but do not go into it thinking it will prepare you in any way for a startup.
Find a problem that interests you, ideally one that is hugely impactful, and work on that.
- misterballer 2mo agoHi adastra22, thanks so much for the honest reply! I really appreciate it. I agree that a PhD does not well for many (very) important parts of building a startup, such as marketing and prototype development. However, could you elaborate on why you think a PhD would not provide useful preparation at all? My thought was to use a PhD to build a broad, advanced technical skill set that might be harder to acquire in industry, where a role may focus on only one technology (or a set of technologies that are not very advanced). But perhaps I’m thinking about this the wrong way…