I worked with a PhD who was explicitly hired into our group of ~7 or 8 developers because the director of the group wanted a "heavyweight" to lend some academic credence to our R&D group. We developed firmware for laser printers. We also worked with a number of PhD's at IBM's Almaden facility.
Later in my career I worked at a smaller firm that hired a PhD into a SW development position, and another small startup firm where a PhD with quite a bit of industry experience was hired as CTO.
I've also worked at other companies where PhDs (CS, CompE, or other engineering fielsd) were part of the upper management food chain.
In summary, over a 12-year career I haven't encountered a lot of PhD's in the workforce, but the ones I have encountered seem to have gotten along OK, whether it was "grunt" positions, or management, etc.
I am currently trying to finish my Masters'. Personally, if I had the time/inclination/opportunity/drive/etc to go further, I would/may do it; I haven't seen or heard anything in the industry that would otherwise deter me from doing so.
BIOS = Built In Operating System?
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At the beginning of Chapter 6, the author refers to BIOS as the "Built In Operating System". This is the first I've heard of BIOS as defined as such; anyone else hear of this? Just curious...
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I worked with a PhD who was explicitly hired into our group of ~7 or 8 developers because the director of the group wanted a "heavyweight" to lend some academic credence to our R&D group. We developed firmware for laser printers. We also worked with a number of PhD's at IBM's Almaden facility. Later in my career I worked at a smaller firm that hired a PhD into a SW development position, and another small startup firm where a PhD with quite a bit of industry experience was hired as CTO. I've also worked at other companies where PhDs (CS, CompE, or other engineering fielsd) were part of the upper management food chain. In summary, over a 12-year career I haven't encountered a lot of PhD's in the workforce, but the ones I have encountered seem to have gotten along OK, whether it was "grunt" positions, or management, etc. I am currently trying to finish my Masters'. Personally, if I had the time/inclination/opportunity/drive/etc to go further, I would/may do it; I haven't seen or heard anything in the industry that would otherwise deter me from doing so.
At the beginning of Chapter 6, the author refers to BIOS as the "Built In Operating System". This is the first I've heard of BIOS as defined as such; anyone else hear of this? Just curious...