Any data/strategy related PhD holders here? Do you regret not having taken a more (or less) technical route? If you transitioned from academia to industry, how was the experience?

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This is an interesting question. Following.. more cause I’m the opposite 😅 and now manage a lot of PhDs.. and i sense plenty of them semi regret it

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I am a Ph.D. who transitioned from academia to consulting. Been doing it for about a couple years now and wouldn’t say I regret it but it’s just that I have found myself to be overqualified for most of the work I do as a consultant. Feel like am worth a lot more and can do bigger/better things. Maybe it’s consulting and industry will be a lot more fulfilling.

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Not sure what your PhD is in but if it is analytics related you get to dig in quite a bit more in industry. I always wondered why some of my folks weren’t at Amazon. Happy to have them but too smart to be in my group.

I am glad someone asked this question. :)

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