Comment on Age Discrimination in Silicon ValleyparentComments−VLM12yIf the employer only wants one year of experience or less noobs and excludes anyone experienced as out of date or too expensive, then the recent PHD grad is by definition excluded unless the PHD took less than a year.−blutoot12yBut I have seen many recruiters/companies treat a 5-6 year PhD as the equivalent of 1-2 years of industry experience.
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If the employer only wants one year of experience or less noobs and excludes anyone experienced as out of date or too expensive, then the recent PHD grad is by definition excluded unless the PHD took less than a year.
But I have seen many recruiters/companies treat a 5-6 year PhD as the equivalent of 1-2 years of industry experience.