EE Ph.D. or IBM job?

ehunt91
Sat, 23 Feb 2013 22:15:54 +0000

I have two great offers, or I should say paths to choose from. I have been offered funding for Ph.Ds from several great universities, such as University of Virginia, Virginia Tech, UCSD, etc. The benefits of this route is of course that I’d be pursuing something that I love and advancing my knowledge. The downside is of course the length of time and the uncertainty that comes after graduation (jobs, post doc, etc.) - I will be graduating in May 2013 with my BSEE.

I have also been offered a well paid job from IBM working on eDRAM in Burlington, VT a place that I truly would love to live and the money is just incredible as a fresh graduate with a bachelor’s degree.

If I went to grad school I would be concentrating in signal processing/communications.

Help me decide?