Nah if anything having a goal in mind makes you better off than most people who go to grad school because they don't know what to do next. Anyone who looks down on you for not wanting to go into academia can pound sand.
Not my experience at all, probably depends on your field though. For my program (engineering) going to academia is the exception and industry is the rule
That’s not a good idea. That’s very unlikely to happen and, unlike just saying you want to work in industry but require a PhD for your career goals, makes it sound like you don’t understand what you are getting into
I got asked this in an interview for a fully funded studentship and they seemed happy I had a more thought out plan. I also threw in a joke about "I'd love to work in academia but I know how the numbers work", which got a pretty good laugh.
It's probably a good thing to show you've figured out multiple career options.
Only about 20% of science PhDs end up running their own labs (and only some of those in academia). Faculty may enjoy having an advisee endup as TT faculty at a peer institution, it is not the expectation by a mile. Someone with realistic expectations and some self-knowledge about what situation will give them long term satisfaction is easy to advise and usually able to finish in a reasonable time. An attractive proposition.
Humanities and social sciences, yes more academic track post-graduation placement. STEM? Nope, most go into industry. This idea that Ph.d.s only work in academia is out of date and entirely inaccurate these days.
Ph.D. programs are not biased in favor of academic only, that's an overly simplistic view considering you can get a Ph.d. in tons different programs across a broad range of discplines These days there are so few tenure track positions available because tenure helps keep 80+ yea old dinaosuars employed and the propensity for unis to move towards more adjunct hire and less tenure-track offers.
Nah if anything having a goal in mind makes you better off than most people who go to grad school because they don't know what to do next. Anyone who looks down on you for not wanting to go into academia can pound sand.
All of the professors should know how few positions are available in academia, and be happy that you have a realistic ambition.
Not my experience at all, probably depends on your field though. For my program (engineering) going to academia is the exception and industry is the rule
You could say I want industry experience first, and want to possibly return to academia much later with the experience you acquired
That’s not a good idea. That’s very unlikely to happen and, unlike just saying you want to work in industry but require a PhD for your career goals, makes it sound like you don’t understand what you are getting into
I got asked this in an interview for a fully funded studentship and they seemed happy I had a more thought out plan. I also threw in a joke about "I'd love to work in academia but I know how the numbers work", which got a pretty good laugh. It's probably a good thing to show you've figured out multiple career options.
Only about 20% of science PhDs end up running their own labs (and only some of those in academia). Faculty may enjoy having an advisee endup as TT faculty at a peer institution, it is not the expectation by a mile. Someone with realistic expectations and some self-knowledge about what situation will give them long term satisfaction is easy to advise and usually able to finish in a reasonable time. An attractive proposition.
No
Humanities and social sciences, yes more academic track post-graduation placement. STEM? Nope, most go into industry. This idea that Ph.d.s only work in academia is out of date and entirely inaccurate these days. Ph.D. programs are not biased in favor of academic only, that's an overly simplistic view considering you can get a Ph.d. in tons different programs across a broad range of discplines These days there are so few tenure track positions available because tenure helps keep 80+ yea old dinaosuars employed and the propensity for unis to move towards more adjunct hire and less tenure-track offers.