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by sdrothrock 2851 days ago
I'd like to know a variation on this:

> 4) For people that have a PhD working in ML at a FAANG, do you feel like you use your PhD level skills day-to-day?

5) For people who work with a mix of PhDs and non-PhDs in the same field, do you notice a difference in output quality?

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5) For people who work with a mix of PhDs and non-PhDs in the same field, do you notice a difference in output quality?

No, individual differences outweigh any pattern that I've seen.

5) No, but I am obviously biased due to not having a PhD. I doubt you are going to get an unbiased answer from anybody; everybody wants to believe they made the right choice.
> I doubt you are going to get an unbiased answer from anybody; everybody wants to believe they made the right choice.

I'm not sure where choices come in here. I specifically mentioned a mixed team; the choices have already been made, so the performance of the existing team is what I'm asking about.

As far as not getting an unbiased answer, that's why I'm asking HN at large -- hopefully there are enough people in enough environments to give an interesting and informative combination of answers. :)