The folks who pursue an academic career doing PhD, how do they leverage it when they eventually join industry. They do intense research and articulate meanwhile their colleagues have already gained 5+YOE in industry. What kind of leverage can one get from pursing a PhD? Are they better managers? Or is there some specific areas where they can use the skillset learnt in PhD
The grad school experience is accepted differently across companies. Older companies such as ford/gm/intel/boeing tend to hire phds at a higher level and salary. Your mileage will vary with tech companies
If you went to a top program, it helps you get into shops like PDT, DE Shaw, Rentech, Voleon, etc. In fact most quant hedge funds have a strong preference for PhDs since that makes investors feel better.
RenTech isn't gonna hire a fresh PhD
True but it is a prerequisite :P OP just said going from academia to industry and leveraging the PhD.
For me I used the experience supervising students in the lab as project management experience and just talk up how your research and research skills fit into what you’d be doing for your role. Take advantage of any TA, RA, project lead, skills, communication/conferences.
An advantage PhDs bring is that you lead your own project for 4+ years. Shows independence and leadership
Zero leverage. I have more than enough data points to make this statement.
Unless the employer explicitly wants the PhD stamp...cough hedge fund
It doesn’t have to be a hedge fund. I’m surrounded by PhDs from top research labs in the country for example.
You probably won't
Oh okay. Actually I have already made around a million from two IPO's since graduation. I just want to make sure that I am leveraging it the most.
Would you make them without PhD?