Take your Ph.D off your resume. Real world software production needs little "computer science" expertise. There's too many Ph.D.s that take a research angle o

Take your Ph.D off your resume. Real world software production needs little "computer science" expertise. There's too many Ph.D.s that take a research angle on projects. The goal is to design/implement/test/ship/support/improve and make money. Best programmer I ever met didn't graduate high school. Supply and demand determine wages. Ph.D. does not entitle to more pay. The industry simply does not rely on credentials like, say , the medical industry which does require an M.D. for the best paying "line" jobs.