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I've been seeing a lot about people not making much as physicists, but it seems to mainly be centered around academia. Don't get me wrong, I love physics in enough ways to be perfectly happy entering a wide variety of fields. I'm a first year undergrad studying physics, which leaves me open to a wide range of possibilities.
My main interest is physics, but other interests of mine span far and wide. So, I'd like to find a career outside of academia, since I've heard stories about postdoc research being sort of like slave labor.
Which doesn't really matter since for a long time I've not been thinking so much about going into academia as much either. I feel like this is especially the case when I walk through the halls and I hear professors on the phone and sitting in offices trying to get grant money. Beyond that, my main interest is in technology, which in turn means industry and government, which seems to be where more of the money is at.
So, there seems to be a theme that goes something like "you can do what you love and be poor, or you can sell your soul for money." Personally I'd rather strike a balance and try to optimize both...
Anyways, my main interest within techology comes down (still broadly) to being able to help solve energy problems. So, fire away, but please be soft on any naivetés that I'm yet unaware of - not that you shouldn't be as realistic as possible...
Oh, I should add since I saw this on other threads that I scanned through: I'm not looking to make money immediately. I just would like to eventually have it after years of working painstakingly hard.
Thanks,
Alex
My main interest is physics, but other interests of mine span far and wide. So, I'd like to find a career outside of academia, since I've heard stories about postdoc research being sort of like slave labor.
Which doesn't really matter since for a long time I've not been thinking so much about going into academia as much either. I feel like this is especially the case when I walk through the halls and I hear professors on the phone and sitting in offices trying to get grant money. Beyond that, my main interest is in technology, which in turn means industry and government, which seems to be where more of the money is at.
So, there seems to be a theme that goes something like "you can do what you love and be poor, or you can sell your soul for money." Personally I'd rather strike a balance and try to optimize both...
Anyways, my main interest within techology comes down (still broadly) to being able to help solve energy problems. So, fire away, but please be soft on any naivetés that I'm yet unaware of - not that you shouldn't be as realistic as possible...
Oh, I should add since I saw this on other threads that I scanned through: I'm not looking to make money immediately. I just would like to eventually have it after years of working painstakingly hard.
Thanks,
Alex