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pknomad01/21/20251 replyview on HN

Did you ever get asked why you came back to the academic world in the interviews? I'm curious how PhDs who've been in the industry are viewed from academia.


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azhenley01/21/2025

Oh yes. But given that I am in a software engineering department, they really value industry experience. I actually published way more in industry than I did in academia!

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