Is it better to go to graduate school or get experience working in industry?
Many factors can determine whether you would choose to go to graduate school or go to industry after getting your BS (really case by case). Don’t feel that you must get experience of working full-time in industry before you go to graduate school (it is often difficult to go back to graduate school after you work full-time). In the end of my first year of my PhD program after doing a summer internship at Aavaya Labs Research, I did consider to take a leave from my PhD program after I get my master degree (in the middle of my PhD program) and work in industry for some time before continuing the rest of my PhD program. I was advised by various senior people that I should continue my PhD program and wrap it up. Indeed, for some people, it may be better to have working experience to better prepare for graduate school. Graduate schools such as a master program or PhD program can prepare students to grow one’s skill/capability to another level (not just technology knowledge but also general s
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