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Re:A Princeton PhD Applied to 2,300 Jobs. He Still Can't Get... by fooker on Sunday October 18, 2026 @05:09AM (#50139331)
The graduate level understanding of multiple branches can be pretty hollowed out.

In practice you read the relevant papers, and have mentors and collaborators explain the insights useful for a particular purpose until you get the zeitgeist but not an in depth understanding of a neighboring field.

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Re:A Princeton PhD Applied to 2,300 Jobs. He Still Can't Get... by Revanche1367 on Sunday October 18, 2026 @06:09AM (#50139624)
I wasn’t talking about altogether different fields, perhaps you meant branches of the same field in your last part?
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Re:A Princeton PhD Applied to 2,300 Jobs. He Still Can't Get... by fooker on Sunday October 18, 2026 @06:22PM (#50146092)
Depends on how you want to define fields.

Fields that seem really close to the layman are surprisingly difficult to have any knowledge transfer.

For example Programming Languages and Compilers.

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