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4/30 Ok, the job market in the computer industry is in the dumps.
Everybody knows that. How about for CS or EE PhDs? Any colleges
or big companies hiring? thanks.
\_ job_market(Bachelor) >> job_market(PhD), in any job conditions.
\_ why do you say that? What about PhDs who become managers
or Sr. Software Engineers?
\_ PhDs have greater salary requirements. Doors definitely
close for PhDs, though some new ones open. There is a PhD
glut in this country. Getting a PhD to improve your
career is not a wise choice.
\_ I worked with a PhD guy at one company who was very
good at theory but knew jack all about coding. Even
though I was IT Manager and never coded professionally
and *never* wrote anything in Java, I had to read and
explain java threading to him and help him redesign his
code. We all got laid off shortly after that, thank god.
\_ Not all PhD programs emphasize coding. Depends on the
discipline really.
\_ It was 2nd year undergrad level work. Would it be
fair to assume he got his BA before his Phd?
\_ as with anything in life your likelyhood of getting a job decreases
when you have more degrees. For example if you work at a McD
store you could probably work anywhere you want. But if you have
a PhD in AstroBiologyPhysicalAbstruceShit then there are only
a few places that you can work at. The moral of the story is to
simply do what you enjoy, you'll somehow survive anyhow.
\_ Sometimes people will also not consider you because they think
you'll be bored and look elsewhere when you get the chance. |
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