As someone with a PhD, I'd recommend against it. I haven't started a company yet but it is a deep burning life ambition for me. A PhD takes a long time to finis

As someone with a PhD, I'd recommend against it. I haven't started a company yet but it is a deep burning life ambition for me. A PhD takes a long time to finish and gives you a very narrow set of skills. I did a PhD in Systems. When I started my program, it seemed to be a golden ticket (just like ML looks today). Today, after a PhD and 5 years of research experience, I would not get hired as a CTO. I have zero real-world deployment/operations experience or management experience. If I could give my younger self advice, I'd tell myself to do an MBA instead.