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Re:At Tech’s Leading Edge, Worry About a Concentration of Power by wolco on Thursday September 26, 2019 @12:35PM (#21082677)
This just devalues the phd because the smartest native minds are skipping them and successful images of leaders without them are displgayed everywhere which stops everyone aside from foreign students from obtaining them.

I can't think of one successful tech leader with one. I'm sure there are many but they stopped being included when they discuss successes.

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Re:At Tech’s Leading Edge, Worry About a Concentration of Power by opportune on Thursday September 26, 2019 @01:18PM (#21083113)
Larry and Sergey were PhD students when they started Google

I think it’s not just devaluing the PhD, it’s changing it from something that gets you a job in research, hopefully academia, to in many cases just another credential to help you in the immigration process and getting a coveted American job.

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Re:At Tech’s Leading Edge, Worry About a Concentration of Power by supahfly_remix on Thursday September 26, 2019 @12:45PM (#21082772)
biotech startups often have PhDs as founders and leaders.
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