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It seems to me that their must be more to this situation -- I'm doing a PhD in CS and I don't know of a single PhD I knew in undergrad (top 20 program) or grad (top tier program) who wasn't able to find a job right after graduation -- and by that I mean a job that payed more than what an undergrad straight out of college would get (though it may not involve any research). This was irrespective of the subfield in which the PhD in CS was.

It sounds very weird that someone coming from a Stanford CS PhD -- a top tier PhD program in the heart of the Silicon Valley would not be able to find a job quickly...

At any rate, whatever the circumstances, from anecdotal experience, such a case is almost unheard of for a PhD in CS coming from a good program.