[piku]

Do PhD if you want to be professor, otherwise masters is enough imho

[studioghibli]

Is this specific to machine learning ? I feel industry is slowly eliminating ML research scientist positions and transitioning to engineering only off late.

[piku]

There are multiple research positions, of course lesser than engineering but the work that researchers do in big tech is no where close to research done in universities

[gcheong]

MS might be enough to work in industry but isn't there a consideration between paying(MS) and getting paid(Phd via stipend) as well?

[jhanoncomm]

Nope. Want to work at OpenAI and Anthropic as researcher? Or hell even a small betting outfit as a quant? PhD.