Sigh.
@CU123 Let us check if indeed, the faculty at CS Princeton who did their PhDs at a public university were hired “a decade or more after they got their PhD”.
Hired out of grad school: Sanjov Arora (UCB), David August (UIUC), Edward Felton (UW), Adam Finklesten (UW),
Hired after a 2-3 years post doc: Arvind Narayanan (UT Austin)
Poached after 3 years faculty position: Barbara Engelhardt (UBC)
Hired after 4 years in industry: Thomas Funkhouser (UBC)
Hired after 5.5 years in industry: Jennifer Rexford (Michigan)
Hired after extensive experience: Ben Rafael (UCSD).
So ONE faculty member was hired after more than 10 years after his PhD. However, he was hired four years after his PhD by who? Brown University.