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Try Brilliant's tutor for free over here: https://brilliant.org/DeepLearningwithYacine/ . You’ll also get 20% off an annual Premium subscription to unlock all courses. I'm receiving so much questions from students about whether they should be doing a PhD in a tech related topic (CS / AI / Robotics) and the answers is kind of different for everyone, but also kind of the same? so here is my answer packaged up with a nice example of the latest such question I received about whether or not you should do a PhD in tech in 2026. also btw I've dropped out of my PhD a while ago so I might not be the best to answer these sort of questions I found that the video from this professor really good : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8fdL_eSYgs&t=406s Also if for beginners: 📌 learn to code from full-stack to AI with Scrimba https://scrimba.com/?via=yacineMahdid (extra 20% off pro with my link, great resource, I love the team) Table of Content: - 0:00 : should you do a phd??? - 1:02 : latest variation of the "PhD question" - 2:48 : the importance of the stated goal - 4:33 : there is benefits to a PhD - 6:09 : benefit 1: deep uninterrupted focus - 6:54 : benefit 2: playing with big toys - 8:02 : benefit 3: network with the top dogs - 9:18 : learning? - 11:28 : answering the damn question - 13:00 asking the right damn question blog about goal setting: https://www.yacinemahdid.com/p/how-to-stop-feeling-lost-in-tech blog about networking: https://x.com/yacinelearning/status/1990168103284801633?s=20 also do check Rajan blog posts they are very informative on his type of mindset: https://www.rajan.sh and do read Alex L. Zhang thought here they are golden: https://alexzhang13.github.io Enjoy my guys! 🌹 FTC disclaimer: This video was sponsored by Brilliant ---- Join the newsletter for weekly AI content: https://yacinemahdid.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yacinemahdid/ Twitter: https://x.com/yacinelearning ___ Have a great week! 👋