Why can't you find a job with a Stanford computer science Ph.D? (2013)

Re:Why can't you find a job with a Stanford computer science... by wavefunction on Tuesday July 15, 2014 @12:44AM (#8034814)

Here's my advice. As a PhD you have access to certain positions that are unavailable to the rest of us. But you're also cut off from the majority of positions in the industry for better or worse. You've got to market yourself on your quality, find a place you can stay with for a while, and build a legacy you can take to your next place.

For folks like me, we hop between jobs every 1-3 years because I can come in, understand the rather mundane issues facing a codebase and rectify them relatively quickly from my extensive real-world experience before moving on to the next spot with a modest-to-sometimes-significant bump in pay. But I can never get access to the sorts of positions you will have access to.

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Re:Why can't you find a job with a Stanford computer science... by aortega on Tuesday July 15, 2014 @02:15AM (#8035051)

> But you're also cut off from the majority of positions in the industry for better or worse.

Why? do they fire you if they discover that you secretly have a CS PhD?

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Re:Why can't you find a job with a Stanford computer science... by xerophtye on Tuesday July 15, 2014 @04:01AM (#8035300)

Because you don't need PhD for those jobs. But as a PhD you would be asking a higher salary than a BS(CS). So its simply more efficient for the company to hire an experienced BS(CS).

But with a PhD, you can target jobs that the employer feels are too complex and demanding for a simple BS

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