What You Need to Know Before Considering a PhD

Re:What You Need to Know Before Considering a PhD by throwawayaug28 on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @07:43AM (#17858033)

Am I the only one that finds it questionable to write this kind of "career advice", when the author clearly has a conflict of interest?

The author is running a business whose main purpose is to sell educational content marketed towards people that want to learn Machine Learning (and claiming you don't need a PhD to do it).

I only have a good impression of fast.ai, but perhaps the author is not in the best position to give career advice on this topic? The author didn't even do a PhD in ML/CS, but in mathematics which arguably less applied/practical.

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Re:What You Need to Know Before Considering a PhD by elmozyz on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @08:06AM (#17858145)

There is an obvious conflict of interest but it doesnt make his views invalid. Several other PhDs have said pretty much the same thing. Frankly, I dont see much more utility for working in industry beyond a Masters. You really should have the skills to learn anything else by the time you complete a thesis.

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Re:What You Need to Know Before Considering a PhD by bobmarley1 on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @11:03AM (#17859318)

Both their classes are offered online for free, I fail to see the conflict?

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