Why is PhD valued so much for engaging in R&D? Pretty much any labs (Intel labs, Amazon Lab126, etc) require PhD. What is objectively beneficial for having a PhD in doing R&D? Is it the ability to conduct research - methods, process, analysis, discipline? Or is it the fact that they have knowledge in that particular field?
Every time I speak to someone with a PhD at work (I work in top 10 tech companies in US), in 100% of the cases in my experience do not engage in anything related to their thesis.
So why is there this arbitrary blockade for having a PhD in R&D/Labs?
Every time I speak to someone with a PhD at work (I work in top 10 tech companies in US), in 100% of the cases in my experience do not engage in anything related to their thesis.
So why is there this arbitrary blockade for having a PhD in R&D/Labs?