"Typically a PhD doesn't make you a better software engineer, so why pay more (other than its expected)?" I don't know if a PhD makes you a better writer of co

"Typically a PhD doesn't make you a better software engineer, so why pay more (other than its expected)?" I don't know if a PhD makes you a better writer of code, but it definitely makes you more determined, focused and unflappable person. (That's pretty much all it does, actually. Everything else is a stereotype.) These are all qualities that are worth buying in an actual engineer.