Thanks for all replies, I'll try to do more research around to find interesting topics abroad, although this year seems to be lost, as I can't finish CS GRE and TOEFL in time.
Hm, I would like to give a shot to a PhD programme, but unfortunately in my part of the world (the former Czechoslovakia) there is a serious lack of interesting PhD thesis themes that could allow me to participate in solving world's bleeding edge problems related to some meaningful practical problem (such as biomedicine research, etc). I can only take part in solving huge theoretical problems, and frankly said, I am not interested in hunting down the creatures invented by some clever theoreticians as side effects of their theories (although I enjoy theories). I achieved M.S. & summa cum laude at my first university, then moved to two best universities in former Czechoslovakia, attending their M.S. CS programme again (Comenius & Charles universities) and tried to gather as much theoretical knowledge as I was able to be capable of solving huge practical problems, hoping I would find interesting research topic that would allow me to utilize my talent, but I couldn't find any topic that would motivate me, as our universities do only a little cooperation with the industry, that in turn only awakens from the limbo caused by socialism and the research is almost non-existing.
Therefore I took the job offer to one of the few R&D positions available in this part of the world from american companies (yes, there is also R&D outsourcing), earning about $30k/year (that is triple of the nation's average), but I clearly see that my capabilities are above to what is expected from me (but I enjoy the job, but miss the tight challenge). Therefore I present cryptology lectures to my colleagues to help them to raise their level and to not to allow my brain to become rusty and further deteriorate.
But as I am turning 29 in the next two weeks, I feel this would be my last chance to try PhD programme and still can't find any suitable and motivating theme:-(
Is this also problem in the USA, or you just have overload of interesting research topics and miss those that would like to participate in the research?
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Thanks for all replies, I'll try to do more research around to find interesting topics abroad, although this year seems to be lost, as I can't finish CS GRE and TOEFL in time.
Hm, I would like to give a shot to a PhD programme, but unfortunately in my part of the world (the former Czechoslovakia) there is a serious lack of interesting PhD thesis themes that could allow me to participate in solving world's bleeding edge problems related to some meaningful practical problem (such as biomedicine research, etc). I can only take part in solving huge theoretical problems, and frankly said, I am not interested in hunting down the creatures invented by some clever theoreticians as side effects of their theories (although I enjoy theories). I achieved M.S. & summa cum laude at my first university, then moved to two best universities in former Czechoslovakia, attending their M.S. CS programme again (Comenius & Charles universities) and tried to gather as much theoretical knowledge as I was able to be capable of solving huge practical problems, hoping I would find interesting research topic that would allow me to utilize my talent, but I couldn't find any topic that would motivate me, as our universities do only a little cooperation with the industry, that in turn only awakens from the limbo caused by socialism and the research is almost non-existing.
:-(
Therefore I took the job offer to one of the few R&D positions available in this part of the world from american companies (yes, there is also R&D outsourcing), earning about $30k/year (that is triple of the nation's average), but I clearly see that my capabilities are above to what is expected from me (but I enjoy the job, but miss the tight challenge). Therefore I present cryptology lectures to my colleagues to help them to raise their level and to not to allow my brain to become rusty and further deteriorate.
But as I am turning 29 in the next two weeks, I feel this would be my last chance to try PhD programme and still can't find any suitable and motivating theme
Is this also problem in the USA, or you just have overload of interesting research topics and miss those that would like to participate in the research?