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- From: marty@amaterasu.physics.uiuc.edu (Marty Gelfand)
- Subject: Re: Where do physics graduates look for work?
- References: <1992Sep10.153848.1215@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> <mxr.716170528@neptune>
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- Organization: Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 01:38:23 GMT
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- In article <mxr.716170528@neptune> mxr@neptune.dsc.com (Max "Jellied Griddle Suicide" Rible) writes:
- >abbasi@star.enet.dec.com writes:
- >>Ok, you worked hard to get your physics degree, now what do you do?
- >>where do you look for work? when I mean work, I mean physics/science
- >>related, not flipping burgers.
- >
- >>are there actually physics/science work out there?
- >
- >Every person I know personally who has a PhD in physics (any branch)
- >is either working in academia or the computer industry. [...]
-
- And don't forget Wall Street. Sometimes they can use people who know
- some math (..."rocket scientists" they call them). (Plus you can
- calculate how long it takes to hit the ground after jumping from the
- 18th floor on Black Monday :_)
-
- One of my PhD classmates (in physics) is currently on the Street,
- and friends from college who went straight into finance have hired
- PhD mathematicians. So if New York City isn't your idea of hell on
- earth, think about it.
-
- Marty Gelfand
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