If you suddenly got a job offer from one of the biggest tech companies in the world, would you take the job or continue on with your plan of getting a PhD? Would your love of research outweigh your star struck view of the company? The job is not something that you see yourself doing in 20 years, but you just want to get your foot through the door of this beloved company. The school and lab option you got was not your ideal aspiration, but good enough that you can settle.