FERA 2016

is (PhD + Minor + Intern) bigger than (PhD)?

Dr. Burak AYDIN
November 2016

Outline

  1. Good reads
  2. Friends with PhDs
  3. Intern
  4. Minor
  5. Industry vs Academia
  6. Final remarks

Good Reads

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Friends with PhDs

  • REM faculty
  • REM industry
  • SpecEd faculty
  • The computer scientist
  • The industrial engineer

Intern

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Automation

Minor

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More Programming

Industry vs Academia

  • Doctor of philo-sophy- love of wisdom
  • School means leisure : free time.
  • “Even God took a vacation, worked 6 days, rested 1. But philosophers does not take a vacation,they walk.”
  • Science-> Value. Industry-> Benefit
  • Time flexibility (travel)
  • Middle Man
  • Salary - routine
  • Burn out (teaching, service, research)

Final

  • Network (work ethics, personality)
  • Website/Blog
  • Publish
  • Grant writing skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Collaboration (communication skills)
  • is (PhD + Minor + Intern) bigger than (PhD)?