Timeline for Having a job in data-mining without a PhD
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| Aug 19, 2018 at 12:40 | comment | added | user765195 | It really depends on what you intend to do with the Phd. If your goal is academia, it’s a must, but in industry, it is really not a big plus, unless your goal is to do research. Just look at successful tech companies and their executive teams (including CTO and SVP of Eng if there is one). How many STEM Phds do you find there? They exist, but rarely, and often they’re one of the founders. Having a Phd might open some doors, but for actually accomplishing something, real world experience and deep knowledge of foundations (including the math) are more crucial | |
| Mar 22, 2018 at 1:26 | comment | added | Aksakal | I like it when PhDs do not recommend PhDs, or when Ivy grads recommend not going to Ivy's. It's like Peter Thiel suggesting to not go to a college. The guy got JD from Stanford :) | |
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| May 4, 2012 at 13:06 | history | edited | user765195 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Changed "Phd degree" to Phd, which is the colloquial form. Also some further copy editing.
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| May 4, 2012 at 13:03 | history | rollback | user765195 |
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| May 4, 2012 at 10:03 | history | edited | user765195 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
"Phd" had been changed to "Phd degree", which is not colloquial English. Reverted back to "Phd". Also reverted some other edits, since the original form was more conforming with standard colloquial American English.
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| S May 3, 2012 at 17:39 | history | suggested | Peter Mortensen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Copy edited.
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| May 2, 2012 at 6:29 | comment | added | steffen | @linker cannot agree on the startup thing. I have a master in CS (wrote master thesis in ML though) and my first position was a startup. Startups should not care about titles since they are regularly looking for broad thinkers who are able to get the job done (and play nicely with the other in the company) meanwhile I suspect bigger companies to follow policies carved into stone to avoid too much responsibility for single HR drones (no bitterness, just humor here ;)) | |
| S May 2, 2012 at 6:28 | history | suggested | Charles Menguy | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 2, 2012 at 5:47 | comment | added | Charles Menguy | Very interesting to have the advice from someone who has a PhD, I agree that a PhD certainly gives rigor and can be "a plus" for most research-oriented positions, I've noticed that startups are pretty narrow-minded when it comes to this, while big companies seem more open to hire Master's degree for machine learning (again, it depends which companies...). I've found a good compromise currently, and I expect to direct my career more into that path, first by getting some real-world experience at my current position. Thanks for your great advice. | |
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| May 2, 2012 at 5:28 | history | answered | user765195 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |