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If a PhD doesn't prep you to manage engineers in a well-funded tech company, how does it prep you to start your own lab from scratch, "hire" grad students, run a team, etc? If your answer is no it doesn't, then academia needs to do better. But I argue that it does for many.https://twitter.com/michellearning/status/1330312636408315904 …
Having a PhD gives a person more social capital and stronger signalling. There’s a few competing incentive. I don’t think the answer is simple. Length of time at a company, etc. But it would be cool to see actually what employers and founders think.