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Often times, PhDs do a PhD because they are deeply interested in a very specific topic. (like, really really specific) As such, unless your startup tries to so
by GuiA 13y ago
Often times, PhDs do a PhD because they are deeply interested in a very specific topic. (like, really really specific)
As such, unless your startup tries to solve a problem in a PhD-level domain, it's unlikely that they'd be excited to work for you.
If you want to build the next Kinect, you might find plenty of fresh PhDs who totally rock computer vision research. But if you're building a fairly generic business/consumer app, it's going to be harder.
- gradstudent 13y ago> If you want to build the next Kinect, you might find plenty of fresh PhDs who totally rock computer vision research. But if you're building a fairly generic business/consumer app, it's going to be harder. This. After spending many years becoming a world-class expert in X, it's a difficult proposition to go work in the back-office for some boring consultancy firm or SME.