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 pbreit on Tuesday July 15, 2014 @01:01AM (#8034879)

It's breathtaking how out of touch academia is with the real world job market. No one is going to hire a Phd just to code. By getting a Phd you've basically narrowed your potential job space down to literally a few dozen spots.

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Re:Why can't you find a job with a Stanford computer science... by sjtrny on Tuesday July 15, 2014 @01:26AM (#8034938)

> By getting a Phd you've basically narrowed your potential job space down to literally a few dozen spots.

No you haven't. The job market is just as open. What I think you mean is "PhD's want jobs which are rarely available".

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Re:Why can't you find a job with a Stanford computer science... by matthewbauer on Tuesday July 15, 2014 @01:58AM (#8035006)

Or perhaps "academia prepares them for jobs which are rarely available?"

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Re:Why can't you find a job with a Stanford computer science... by kenrikm on Tuesday July 15, 2014 @02:09AM (#8035036)

Phds tend to overvalue their education and generally are not willing to start at the bottom (everyone starts there like it or not) before they prove themselves shipping actual software to production.

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Re:Why can't you find a job with a Stanford computer science... by dscrd on Tuesday July 15, 2014 @02:36AM (#8035096)

It's not a one-way mismatch. The so-called real world is also out of touch with academia: just witness countless upon countless of ill-chosen technologies and techniques in use.

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