A PhD does not guarantee good programming skills. I think you are mistaken in assuming that and hence get downvoted.
I have personally found most people who finish/almost finish their PhD's to be very good in describing problems, approaching solutions from different paradigms and articulating their thinking in writing. If you're trying to hire a PhD for a programming job, in most cases you WILL be disappointed.
That said usually they are fast learners and can quickly pick up good programming skill pretty quickly. (Its not as hard as people imagine it to be).
I was planning on doing a PhD but left after my Masters precisely because I wanted to improve my programming skills, which I knew the PhD didn't care much about.
I was disappointed that he couldn't even come up with a solution for odd or even. I get it for some low-ranked schools, but if for example someone from UC Berkeley can't do any decent programming (I don't expect everyone write a transcompiler because I have no idea how to myself) I'd be very surprised.
I have personally found most people who finish/almost finish their PhD's to be very good in describing problems, approaching solutions from different paradigms and articulating their thinking in writing. If you're trying to hire a PhD for a programming job, in most cases you WILL be disappointed.
That said usually they are fast learners and can quickly pick up good programming skill pretty quickly. (Its not as hard as people imagine it to be).
I was planning on doing a PhD but left after my Masters precisely because I wanted to improve my programming skills, which I knew the PhD didn't care much about.