<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Interesting, but I do have to say that the common wisdom that's backed up by some data (I assume since I've heard that from James) is that Master's degree is the sweetspot - the time spent in getting a PhD is not spent gaining experience, which also pays well. So MScs get optimal overall carrier income.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""></phd-student-rant></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">-- M<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 3 Apr 2016, at 14:53, Philip Durbin <<a href="mailto:philipdurbin@gmail.com" class="">philipdurbin@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><p dir="ltr" class=""><a href="http://stackoverflow.com/research/developer-survey-2016#salary-per-education" class="">http://stackoverflow.com/research/developer-survey-2016#salary-per-education</a></p><p dir="ltr" class="">"Worldwide, participating in mentorship programs correlates with higher than average pay. Masters degrees and PhDs pay pretty well, too. Stay in school, kids."</p>
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