What are the benefits of pursuing PhD in computer science?

Career opportunities A Computer Science Ph.D gives you a huge advantage for industry research labs, like Google Research. On occasion such labs accept people who only have Masters degrees, but this is extremely rare. A computer science PhD also gives you an advantage for some quantitative finance positions, assuming your PhD is mathematical and algorithmic in nature. For some companies (typically larger ones), having a computer science PhD counts towards your starting rank. For example, Microsoft has levels to track your career trajectory within the company, starting at 59 for new grads and going up with promotions. With a PhD, you start a couple levels up. Additionally, some of the more prestigious director or VP roles are reserved for people who have PhDs, especially if they are to oversee very technical areas. If you get very, very lucky, you can start a company to commercialize your research in a field with a high barrier to entry because of the technical depth.

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The Ph.D Pprogramme in computer science aims at training students in the skills and competencies related to the systematic investigation of various issues and problems in the area of their study in the field of computer science on information technology. At this level, the study is expected to provide new and original insights into the problem or the area under investigation. Therefore, Ph.D in computer science or IT prepares students for the field of education as university faculty, research and consulting by training them to seek new knowledge in the area of their expertise. IT professionals who are interested in teaching, research or consulting are only advised to do Ph.D in computer science and it is an overkill educational qualification for typical IT development or testing or architect or project management roles. Ph.D IT professionals may get better jobs in product companies in comparison to application development companies.

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For some companies (typically larger ones), having a computer Science Ph.D. counts towards your starting rank. For example, Microsoft has levels to track your career trajectory within the company, starting at 59 for new grads and going up with promotions. With a Ph.D. you start a couple levels up. Additionally, some of the more prestigious director or VP roles are reserved for people who have PhDs, especially if they are to oversee very technical areas. If you get very, very lucky, you can start a company to commercialize your research in a field with a high barrier to entry because of the technical depth.

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Hi Dear, Career opportunities: A computer science Ph.D gives you a huge advantage for industry research labs, like Google Research. On occasion such labs accept people who only have Masters degrees, but this is extremely rare. A computer Science Ph.D also gives you an advantage for some quantitative finance positions, assuming your Ph.D. is mathematical and algorithmic in nature. For some companies (typically larger ones), having a computer Science Ph.D counts towards your starting rank. For example, Microsoft has levels to track your career trajectory within the company, starting at 59 for new grads and going up with promotions. With a Ph.D. you start a couple levels up. Additionally, some of the more prestigious director or VP roles are reserved for people who have PhDs, especially if they are to oversee very technical areas. If you get very, very lucky, you can start a company to commercialize your research in a field with a high barrier to entry because of the technical depth.

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Hello, The advantages you can get after pursuing Ph.D is countless. You can have the enormous benefits after successful completion of your doctorate. After doing Ph.D, you can work as a research associate in any IT company for Research and Development for creation of new encrypted software. The degree of Ph.D helps you enter technical jobs in industry, providing a backup to academia (though if industry is your aim, it's probably better to enter directly). The course circular offers a wide range of knowledge of coding and programming, various different languages of computers, which helps you to become an expert in artificial intelligence and machine learning. Computer Science, Ph.D offers the chance to become a leading researcher in a highly important field with potential for transformational research. Consider it, if you want to enter computer science academia or do high-level research in industry and expect to be among the top 30% of Ph.D candidates.

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Career opportunities: 1. A Computer Science Ph.D gives you huge advantages for industry research labs, like Google Research. On an occasion, such labs accept people who only have Master's degrees, but this is extremely rare. A computer science Ph.D also gives you an advantage for some quantitative finance positions, assuming your Ph.D is mathematical and algorithmic in nature. 2. For some companies (typically larger ones), having a computer science Ph.D counts towards your starting rank. For example, Microsoft has levels to track your career trajectory within the company, starting at 59 for new grads and going up with promotions. With a Ph.D, you start a couple levels up. Additionally, some of the more prestigious director or VP roles are reserved for people who have Ph.Ds, especially if they are to oversee very technical areas. 3. If you get very lucky, you can start a company to commercialize your research in a field with a high barrier to entry because of the technical depth. 4.You pick up research and critical thinking skills. You learn to think independently (unless you're in an intense lab structure where your adviser or post-docs dictate your research, but that seems very uncommon). You learn how to break down problems, and set about seeking to solve them. 5.You learn to be self-motivated because a Ph.D program is so free-form that you'll have to set your own schedule and deadlines. 6.You get to spend a few years thinking deeply about a problem that you're interested in (some might call this intellectual masturbation), without the pressure of a boss who needs something for a product deadline or a company that needs to hit revenue targets or other such external constraints.

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A Ph.D in computer science is typically required for most computer and information research scientist jobs. Although, getting a Ph.D can be hard work, the salary and career outlook are quite above average. There are quite a few different jobs you can get with an advanced degree in computer science. Generally, people become computer and information research scientists. This job description includes inventing and designing new technology. Few of the job profiles are: 1) Software development engineer 2) Teaching faculty 3) Research scientist 4) Data scientist 5) Machine learning engineer 6) Data science engineer 7) Computer vision engineer Some of the top recruiters are Apple, Intel, IBM, SAP, Microsoft, Electronic Arts, Amazon.com, Capgemini, Facebook, Google, Adobe, Nvidia etc. and colleges /universities (as faculties). Pay scale: The starting salary would range from Rs.12- Rs.15 lakhs per annum, and it would go up to 36-40 lakhs INR per annum or even more depending on work experience and seniority.

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