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Re:American Employers Are Hung Up on Hiring PhDs by jpm_sd on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @02:38PM (#19504408)
This sounds insane to me. I will never hire another PhD if I can possibly avoid it.

I would estimate that I have worked with around 30 PhD-holders in my career. Consistent issues: no ability to hit deadlines, no sense of the big picture, easily distracted by irrelevant details.

This kinda says it all.

https://dilbert.com/strip/2019-01-21

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Re:American Employers Are Hung Up on Hiring PhDs by throwaway441 on Wednesday March 27, 2019 @09:14PM (#19508151)
That's funny, because I avoid hiring non-PhDs. They typically don't seem capable of understanding the concept of sample size and tend to stereotype large and diverse groups of people based on anecdotal experiences.
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