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Have you stopped for a second to consider WHY?

Maybe getting a PhD in the US is a huge waste of time because there's fierce competition for most academic jobs and scarce employment prospects?

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a PhD in CS is a golden ticket today

A PhD in CS is a waste of time in the vast majority of cases. If you're good you can join FAANG out of undergrad and you'll earn well over a million dollars pre-tax by the time the PhD would be finished.

I know companies that won't even look at you for a Data Science job if don't have a PhD

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