One would think more young PhDs would start companies. I think the challenge comes down to funding. I was speaking to a friend who is a VC about this. She sugg

One would think more young PhDs would start companies. I think the challenge comes down to funding. I was speaking to a friend who is a VC about this. She suggested that a VC would have a hard time funding a group of unproven PhDs. She suggested a career path where one works for Google, Yahoo, and ships a few products and then get the street creds desired by VC. That isn't unreasonable. What is a bit discouraging is being put into the same camp as a fresh graduate (out of undergrad). A lot of interviews seem to test for CS 101 or the CS algorithms course. Every PhD I've spoken too is frustrated by this. The game to play is spend a month with the Cormen book while cursing yourself for doing a PhD :-D