Is this specific to machine learning ? I feel industry is slowly eliminating ML research scientist positions and transitioning to engineering only off late.
There are multiple research positions, of course lesser than engineering but the work that researchers do in big tech is no where close to research done in universities
MS might be enough to work in industry but isn't there a consideration between paying(MS) and getting paid(Phd via stipend) as well?
Nope. Want to work at OpenAI and Anthropic as researcher? Or hell even a small betting outfit as a quant? PhD.