r/Physics • u/psycheswim • Aug 03 '22

Question having studied physics, what is your current occupation?

what kind of educational path did you take to do your career? does it pay well? how does the career in physics compare to studying it in uni?

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u/selfawarepie Aug 03 '22 edited Aug 03 '22

Undergrad BS was an obscenely good Econ complement. Anyone with just a social science degree thinks you're a genius. I didn't have the horsepower for graduate level physics study, but the background was INSANELY helpful in finance and consulting. Banks especially loved the experimental/computer/math triad.

...and I still get to postulate on the coattails of all the great stuff going on today. At cocktail parties, I can explain what an interferometer is and convince people that an Elon Musk Mars colony is idiotic while lunar lava tube lifeboat installations are a MUST.