For me (and maybe others without PhDs), this is a really nice insight into the mysteries of doctoral study. I agree with others though that the ending was a bit jarring after the steady and admirable forward progress at the intersection of interesting fields.
From "I've spent the last six months working on a deep learning system to improve virtual screening for drug discovery"
To "I’m currently working on a new startup in the blockchain space with a couple co-founders."
I don't get why invest time in PhD if your work afterwards seems totally unrelated to your expertise. Is this how most of the PhD stories end, working at a completely-unrelated-to-your-expertise job for a good pay?
I can't speak for PhD, but BSc in computer science has changed my mind and altered my perception of the world in ways that I can't express but deeply feel, in the best possible way.
His bio gives a more detailed description of the startup: "after his PhD, Bharath co-founded Computable a startup that built better tools for collaborative dataset management", which seems to not exist anymore.
But he came back to drug discovery:
"Bharath is currently the founder and CEO of Deep Forest Sciences, which is building an AI-powered suite for drug and materials design and discovery."
I went into a biosciences/AI PhD with CS/AI background because I wanted to dedicate a few years of my work life to science. So did quite a few other CS / AI grads around me and supervised by me. Few expected to bother with the academic career track and ridiculous conditions afterwards, they all expected to go straight into stable industry or gov AI jobs afterwards.
Having tried and failed to finish a PhD in the UK, I wish universities over here took the approach that I see in these snapshots of requiring PhD students to still take classes.
From "I've spent the last six months working on a deep learning system to improve virtual screening for drug discovery"
To "I’m currently working on a new startup in the blockchain space with a couple co-founders."
I don't get why invest time in PhD if your work afterwards seems totally unrelated to your expertise. Is this how most of the PhD stories end, working at a completely-unrelated-to-your-expertise job for a good pay?
But he came back to drug discovery:
"Bharath is currently the founder and CEO of Deep Forest Sciences, which is building an AI-powered suite for drug and materials design and discovery."