Re:How Can We Achieve Age Diversity in Silicon Valley?
by dragonwriter on Monday October 19, 2015 @02:56PM
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> I think your conception of a Ph.D. is off by quite a bit. Outside of their dissertation topic I'd expect a Ph.D. to be on par with an undergraduate, from the time period they graduated.
Aside from dissertation research, my understanding was that Ph.D programs usually include substantial graduate level coursework in the degree area (at least equivalent to or expressly including, Master's degree level work), so they should both have greater currency and greater education, even outside the specific narrow focus of their dissertation, than an undergraduate. The degree to which this is job-relevant, of course, may vary.
Aside from dissertation research, my understanding was that Ph.D programs usually include substantial graduate level coursework in the degree area (at least equivalent to or expressly including, Master's degree level work), so they should both have greater currency and greater education, even outside the specific narrow focus of their dissertation, than an undergraduate. The degree to which this is job-relevant, of course, may vary.