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 aortega on Tuesday July 15, 2014 @02:38AM (#8035100)

Anecdotal evidence is useless.

The truth is, to learn any information about the usefullness of a PhD you need a proper study following the life of a group of people with CS PhDs, and a control group without CS PhDs. And then, what is "usefullness" anyway? net worth? happiness?

My theory is that, like most professions, you are born a PhD. If you are not one, then don't waste time getting it. You'll be miserable.

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Re:Why can't you find a job with a Stanford computer science... by nickm12 on Tuesday July 15, 2014 @02:54AM (#8035145)

I don't think anecdotal evidence or non-controlled studies are useless, but they do have their limitations. In this case, though, the original article is laughably bad. To quote:

"As a scientist, I had already been gathering data about that question. Each time I was rejected from a job, I asked the companies for reasons."

From this "data" the conclusion was made that there exists some sort of "Ph.D.-industry gap".

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Re:Why can't you find a job with a Stanford computer science... by aortega on Tuesday July 15, 2014 @03:59AM (#8035295)

Heh. The conclusion should be "I have some sort of Ph.D.-industry gap"

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