Re:American Employers Are Hung Up on Hiring PhDs
by Osmium on Thursday March 28, 2019 @02:11AM
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> I've also seen a few PhDs at my last company end up as systems engineers which is incredibly depressing because they could have been employed in that same role if they stopped at a bachelors.
It’s only depressing if they feel like they didn’t get anything out of their PhD :)
- I made more on my first day of work than almost any of my professors will make on their last day work.
- I also personally know 3 PhDs at tech companies in the Bay that make substantially less than me despite being 4-6 years older than me.
- I am also acquainted with two people that made an obscene amount of money from their tech skills; one maxed out at a high diploma and the other a PhD.
- The other 20 or so PhDs I know don't make substantially more than I do.
- I've also seen a few PhDs at my last company end up as systems engineers which is incredibly depressing because they could have been employed in that same role if they stopped at a bachelors.