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Academia has VERY different rules then the real world. Deal with it.

This whole attitude of "I'm better cause I say so hurrrrr" and "I'm gonna (keyword, aka haven't) built some amazing" will NOT cut it. Getting a PhD is no joke, takes a lot of commitment (years) and is usually very difficult in a science based field.

I await the downvotes from the fealgood social gurus who themselves do not have a degree in cs, which I do...



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