What do you mean by competitive? I find that people are usually pretty collaborative and friendly, but getting into programs can be competitive, just because funding is shitty right now. At least in the U.S. But if you get experience, work on your interview skills, and have good grades/test scores, you can do just fine. And then once you get to higher levels, it's more about the research you've done than anything else. It also depends where you want to go. From what I understand, there's more jobs in industry than academia right now, so academia is more competitive (which is one of the many reasons I have no interest in it), whereas industry has more options.
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