In case any of you find this article too long to read, here's the abstract, Google isn’t worried about Android revenue, because the market of Android is growing.
This article reminds me of writing papers when I was in grad school. It really was a highly complicated (and demanded) skill to write so long an article without making much sense.
As a PhD dropout from an east coast Ivy League school who just turned 24 this year, I would say a PhD isn't worth it if you've already decided not to follow the academia path for the rest of your life.
Besides, PhD programs in the states has been filled with Chinese and Indian smart kids these days. While you may be looking for your unique contribution to the frontier of the fearless intellectual exploration in Mother Nature from those programs, those smart Asian kids are just looking for a ticket into the states and they probably would sacrifice as much as it takes to outperform you.
So take a pause and pay attention to the facts. I know your advisor may be extremely warm and friendly and his recent publications may be extremely exciting. But the facts are that they expect you to follow the academia path while you don't want to, and that your grad school classmates are competing for an immigration stamp which you don't care.
Congrats. You guys deserve some good sleep! Just went through the same iPhone app submission process as SocialCam did. And we were not that lucky, 1 rejection and 19 anxious days before approval for our 1.0.
This article reminds me of writing papers when I was in grad school. It really was a highly complicated (and demanded) skill to write so long an article without making much sense.