Recent content by Dan Alpha

Yea that would be the reasonable thing to do :P I am not very satisfied with my current occupation. I am curious to see if I would want to do research in physics once I started studying it. What deterred me from thinking about physics as a career in the past is that it is so difficult to get a...

Thanks for your input, Zz. I am not thinking of it as a hobby. Rather, I believe studying physics would give me a solid foundation as a researcher. And I really do just have a lot of questions about modern physics that I am really curious about (@Qurks is right about that being one of the best...

Thank you all for your perspectives on the matter. I think this summarizes what is being said here: * @Choppy: If I want to do graduate studies in physics, I should finish the undergrad degree. * Whereas @Qurks says I can probably do the physics MS without the BS. * @Choppy: Going back to...

Just to clarify, are you saying that physics is X, or my current career path is X? "I did ML, but I've decided to do physics instead" vs "I want to try physics for a while, but then I will do something else instead" If you are suggesting that I consider doing physics as a career (if I go back to...

Yes I don't think us mortals can ever obtain TRUTH with a capital T. Physics is just our best guess. But we've certainly discovered some startling things about the universe, and we know that reality at least behaves in these ways; e.g. time and space dilation, mass energy equivalence, wave...

> Up to three. Is that enough? Is self-study enough? I don't know. I would be missing lab experience. Is that a problem? Have you heard of anyone doing a bachelors after already graduating from another school? > Before you embark on a time and financial consuming endeavor, first refresh you're...

#1 is still assuming I would do a masters which doesn't require a physics degree. Difference between #1 and #2 is whether I take the physics GRE. I could also do #1 and then decide I am satisfied and not actually go to school.

That's a good question. I did take a few physics courses in undergrad, and I stopped before taking quantum. I see 3 options: 1) Teach myself, either while I work or full time. I could go through open courses, such as MIT opencourseware (https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/physics/) and edX. I'll take...

I'm a 25 y.o. software engineer working in ML research. I've been fascinated with physics since at least high school. I did not have a good time in university, and I gave up on doing a physics degree and did computer science to finish sooner (I would have dual majored). I am trying to decide if...

I am a 25 y.o. software engineer in California with a longtime interest in physics. I regret not having studied physics in undergrad, and I am now considering going back to school or otherwise taking off significant time from my career to get to an advanced level of knowledge.