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Re:A PhD should be about improving society, not chasing acad... by WalterSear on Thursday August 09, 2018 @12:04PM (#17725389)
I think I'm one of the freaks in question. I'm not one to sit around pipe dreaming, but I've found a vastly better fit writing code at startups than I ever did in grad school.

I get to invent, experiment, learn, and at a vastly faster pace. I'm even working in the same field, solving similar problems to the ones I worked on in school.

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Re:A PhD should be about improving society, not chasing acad... by vkou on Thursday August 09, 2018 @02:49PM (#17727234)
This is great if the problems you want to solve have direct business applications with a turnaround time of tomorrow.

There aren't very many startups funding basic research, though.

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Re:A PhD should be about improving society, not chasing acad... by WalterSear on Thursday August 09, 2018 @03:47PM (#17727808)
I know. That's why I went back to grad school in the first place. Big mistake :)
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