I have almost finished a master degree and want to continue to do my PhD in discrete Mathematics (Optimization/Operation Research) in Germany, but i don't want to stay in academica after that.  I would like to know, what are the main things you take with yourself, after doing a PhD except the title?  What does someone who spend 3 years after his master degree doing a PhD differentiate to someone who already started working in industry 3 years earlier in the same field ?  The reason i am asking is, because i want to know, what are the skills/qualities i should be focusing on developing, while i am doing my PhD.
Earning a PhD help you learn tools and techniques in your field, and lets you become an expert in a very specific field of science. However, once you get your degree and try to enter the labor market, you're competing against people who are younger than you (i.e. recently graduated non-phd engineers) and may have actual work experience (i.e. non-phd engineers with a few years in the market).  There are, of course, some positions in which they cannot compete, including research and teaching position. Those are the minority, though... in most other fields it seems that holding a PhD is not as important as (for example) work experience.  So, I would like to know:   Is work experience more important than having a PhD in the many work environments? What skills can I acquire/demonstrate during my PhD to become more "valuable" than a non-PhD candidate for the same job?
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