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Jon "JonnyRingo" Williams⚰️
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As an Engineer, what has been better for your career advancement/resume building? A degree from a University or Time spent on the job getting experience? I lack a degree, but spent some time working as an Engineer in semiconductors. It looks great on the resume, but wanting to gauge how valuable it is by itself.
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July
@july
E.g. in semiconductor field: it really is hard to learn about MatSci on your own and just go hard at it. It helps also to have a lab, so you don't have to buy fancy equipment yourself. That being said, a few semiconductor PhD folks that I know, are now doing something completely unrelated lmao so there is that
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Eric Platon
@ic
Having to buy fancy equipment is a good proxy to decide whether or not to go to university. And the decision to get some 🧯 at your private workshop. Wafer handling at home is less desirable than a 3D printer. Yet a great aspect of uni is being surrounded by passionate people, when possible.
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July
@july
That is a great point - yes the passion and intellectual camaraderie is usually great too, if you can find it - more so the higher levels I presume, and just nice to share that in general with others The closest I’ve seen that is also R&D or research organizations - also has better pay than PhDs
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Eric Platon
@ic
Yes indeed, passion is the point, rather than whether uni or not. And yes, different pay grade :)
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