FWIK, some universities allow you to get PhD in computer science by submitting PhD thesis for review and paying some amount of money (~$1200 on my university). This way, one can follow your advice and still get PhD.
Tell us more. Much more, in excruciating detail. I am reasonably sure I remember reading Eliezer write about the impossiblity of what you just described, i.e. getting a Ph.D. without necessarily having an advisor, funding or a Bachelor’s degree.
A PhD is only as good as the reputation of your advisor. If everybody knows your advisor then you won’t have a problem finding a job in academia. If your PhD is not backed by a prominent professor with a name, you’re going to have a very difficult time finding a good position. It may be a bit easier in CS, where universities have to compete with industry, compared to my field (physics/chemistry/materials science), but generally this is how academia works.
An easily obtainable PhD is generally not the right kind of signal.
A PhD is only as good as the reputation of your advisor. If everybody knows your advisor then you won’t have a problem finding a job in academia.
I would amend this to be “if everybody knows your advisor you’ll have FEWER problems finding a job in academia.” Some fields are very, very crowded (theoretical physics, for instance). For a very brief time, I was in a small team at a consulting company where 3 out of the 4 of us had done a science phd under a Nobel winner, and still ended up making major career transitions after half a decade of postdocs. Science is crowded, the more basic the research the more crowded the field. To first order, no one gets a job. If you are under a famous advisor you might move your odds up to 1⁄10 or 1⁄5 or something like that.
FWIK, some universities allow you to get PhD in computer science by submitting PhD thesis for review and paying some amount of money (~$1200 on my university). This way, one can follow your advice and still get PhD.
Tell us more. Much more, in excruciating detail. I am reasonably sure I remember reading Eliezer write about the impossiblity of what you just described, i.e. getting a Ph.D. without necessarily having an advisor, funding or a Bachelor’s degree.
Seconded.
A PhD is only as good as the reputation of your advisor. If everybody knows your advisor then you won’t have a problem finding a job in academia. If your PhD is not backed by a prominent professor with a name, you’re going to have a very difficult time finding a good position. It may be a bit easier in CS, where universities have to compete with industry, compared to my field (physics/chemistry/materials science), but generally this is how academia works.
An easily obtainable PhD is generally not the right kind of signal.
I would amend this to be “if everybody knows your advisor you’ll have FEWER problems finding a job in academia.” Some fields are very, very crowded (theoretical physics, for instance). For a very brief time, I was in a small team at a consulting company where 3 out of the 4 of us had done a science phd under a Nobel winner, and still ended up making major career transitions after half a decade of postdocs. Science is crowded, the more basic the research the more crowded the field. To first order, no one gets a job. If you are under a famous advisor you might move your odds up to 1⁄10 or 1⁄5 or something like that.
email me with info about that company, OK?
Sounds like maybe MetaMed should inquire into working with them.
Extraordinary claims....