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To: J_F_Shepard who wrote (176846)	2/4/2004 11:09:23 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (1) of 186894

well, all I can say to that is that most of my recent startup companies had PhDs from MIT working in engineering... these were software companies. You are correct though, in that advanced degrees aren't really relevant in terms of applicable talent in most software disciplines (unless somebody did a thesis in a particular area that is specific to your company). The only question in my mind, knowing what I know about PhDs in a software environment, is why are advanced degrees such a big deal to these CEOs of american companies, who are primarily investing in software? They act like the dearth of US born and educated advanced-degreed engineers is a big deal, while in practice many of these same companies don't even want PhDs because they are unwilling to pay a premium for them (given that the work in software is not much different for advanced degrees).

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