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0 pointselemeno12y ago0 comments

The parent comment should probably be read as 'research and development' - working for IBM's research arm, Microsoft Research etc.

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tanzam7512y ago

And I read it as exactly that.

I was pointing out that the PhD is useful for "research", but not for research "and development."

scott_s12y ago

In my experience, the people who can do the D are better at the R.

tanzam7512y ago

> In my experience, the people who can do the D are better at the R.

Agreed. But less so, the other way around.

Which is why development jobs don't reward the PhD enough to pay for the opportunity cost. It counts as 6 years of industry experience -- which you could've gotten in 6 years of working in industry.

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tanzam7512y ago

And I read it as exactly that.

I was pointing out that the PhD is useful for "research", but not for research "and development."

scott_s12y ago

In my experience, the people who can do the D are better at the R.

tanzam7512y ago

> In my experience, the people who can do the D are better at the R.

Agreed. But less so, the other way around.

Which is why development jobs don't reward the PhD enough to pay for the opportunity cost. It counts as 6 years of industry experience -- which you could've gotten in 6 years of working in industry.

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