EE Ph.D. or IBM job?

Thomas_1
Sat, 23 Feb 2013 23:50:34 +0000

That’s a difficult decision that will lead to very different paths, research or industry. Which one are you more interested in? If you are not extremely passionate about your field then pushing yourself through a PhD program will be very difficult. And you don’t want to waste years figuring out that EE research isn’t for you.

I’d argue that you will get the PhD admission again if you reapply in 1-2 years in case you don’t like the job as much (or you really long for research). If you don’t like the PhD and drop out after 2 years, will you get the job again? Maybe yes, maybe no, but either way you’ll have wasted time. Thus, I’d take the job. Can’t you postpone the admission for one year? I know that for most CS PhD programs that’s possible.