An amusing sunday read on the role of the PhD in industry, especially at
Google and Microsoft.
In the middle is a nice summary of a difference between the Masters and the PhD, relevant to those majors considering these two degrees.
Rajeev Motwani, a computer science professor at Stanford, says: "Good Ph.D. students are extreme in their creativity and self-motivation. Master's students are equally smart but do not have the same drive to create something new." The master's takes you where others have been; the doctorate, where no one has gone before.
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