[enraged_camel]

>>As an IT manager doing recruiting, a PhD is irrelevant, both for hiring decisions and for salary & career.

I mean, that's because you're talking about IT, which is traditionally about practical sysadmin/network engineer skills and even a Master's degree is good only for management tracks.

If you were recruiting in a field where cutting edge research is performed, e.g. hardware engineers for microprocessor design, it would be a different story. Intel and AMD for example employ a ton of PhDs.

[AdrianB1]

" Intel and AMD for example employ a ton of PhDs." Not for their titles, but for their skills. This is what I have also said.