AcuriousJ

@Yuchenj_UW It is probs not necessary to have a PhD to become a great researcher or engineer; but it sure does help if you aren’t able to do it yourself. Imo it’s alright to be ordinary but committed to excellence

The creator of GPT doesn’t have a PhD. The creator of PyTorch doesn’t have a PhD. The research lead at Cursor dropped out of NEU. You don’t need a PhD or a top school to become a great researcher or engineer. You can just do things!