Deciding whether to take a path in academia, or maybe a role in industry such as at a large company or startup? I share a summary of these different career paths, tradeoffs, and other considerations that I would have loved to have known when I was younger. After years in both academia and industry (I was a former Stanford grad student and a current full timer at a large company), I learned quite a bit from my own experiences and those of others. These are some thoughts.

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