It do think the article and the articles Daniel is referring to have a point, there is indeed an industry - PhD gap. But this gap is not more than logical; It h

It do think the article and the articles Daniel is referring to have a point, there is indeed an industry - PhD gap. But this gap is not more than logical; It has todo with the "raison d'être" of a PhD: PhD are tracks of several years to advance human knowledge by doing science. It is often a low payed 'job', done by people who are passionate about the thing they are studying. If you just want to get a good paying job, doing a PhD is probably not advisable, though Universities may inform students otherwise (like Daniel is mentioning). I myself am working in industry and am well payed, however I'm considering pursuing a PhD related to autonomous driving.. Why? Because I'm passionate about it. Because i'd rather spend time advancing the human race than to fix a race condition in our backend servers (also fun ;-) Anyway, i think this partially explains why a lot of people or doing PhD. Its because of the human endless interest in science. Its a good thing. In the end the research these PhD students are doing will cause revolutions in our industry. In a few years people will be driving autonomous cars. And this is mostly due to universities. Google is standing on the shoulders of giants. Probably I'm viewing this with too much optimism, but I think thats a good thing. At least i'm aware of it.