What You Need to Know Before Considering a PhD

1 · fast.ai · Aug. 27, 2018, midnight
My newest Ask-A-Data-Scientist post addresses the question of whether to pursue a PhD. You can find my previous Ask-A-Data-Scientist advice columns here. Question: I’m an undergrad student passionate about machine learning, and I feel a bit of pressure to get a PhD. Would it maybe make more sense to go into industry for a couple years and then consider going back to school? Any advice you have would be greatly appreciated. Conversations around whether or not to do a PhD often suffer from selecti...