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It's breathtaking how out of touch academia is with the real world job market. No one is going to hire a Phd just to code. By getting a Phd you've basically nar
by pbreit 12y ago
It's breathtaking how out of touch academia is with the real world job market. No one is going to hire a Phd just to code. By getting a Phd you've basically narrowed your potential job space down to literally a few dozen spots.
- sjtrny 12y ago> By getting a Phd you've basically narrowed your potential job space down to literally a few dozen spots. No you haven't. The job market is just as open. What I think you mean is "PhD's want jobs which are rarely available".
- matthewbauer 12y agoOr perhaps "academia prepares them for jobs which are rarely available?"
- kenrikm 12y agoPhds tend to overvalue their education and generally are not willing to start at the bottom (everyone starts there like it or not) before they prove themselves shipping actual software to production.
- dscrd 12y agoIt's not a one-way mismatch. The so-called real world is also out of touch with academia: just witness countless upon countless of ill-chosen technologies and techniques in use.