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Looking for start up business ideas as a first year student?
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Job Skills Increased demand for STEM in the next 4 years?
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Insights Getting a Physics Job - Comments
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Job Skills Weird situation with my job -- need advice
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Physics Special Operations Officer transitioning out
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Math Worth of doing pure math if not going into academia?
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Physics Stuck on a Decision: Physics or Mechatronics Engineering?
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Engineering How hard is it to get a traineeship abroad (e.g. US)?
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How Does Physics Impact Modern Medical Practices?
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Physics Better MSc. option to be Data scientist if I'm Physicist?
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What Subfield of Physics has the *most* QM involved in it?
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Math About to get my Math undergrad -- What now?
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Engineering Biotech and Biological Engineering career prospects
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Physics Physics job with flexible schedule?
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Physics Physics Lecturer with Medical Physics graduate degree?
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Physics Ideal job for a physics bachelors
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Physics What to do with a bachelors in physics? Any ideas?
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Job Skills How to put publication on resume?
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Other What physics careers are even really possible for me?
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Physics Is a UK Physics PhD in Demand in California?
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Job Skills Is a Career in Academia the Right Path After My PhD in Electrical Engineering?
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Math Job in Artificial Intelligence with a Math Degree
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Job Skills Masters in Statistics vs in data science? Is DS just buzz?
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Physics Career Opportunities for Physics Majors Beyond Research?
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How to Salvage my Academic Career?
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Job Skills Can a bad reference affect my future?
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Physics Pursuing a PhD in Astrophysics - Is it Worth It?
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Physics Benefit of a physics minor or major in Computer Science
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Physics Become a Cosmologist: Steps to Achieving Your Dream Career
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Engineering Advice on Math / Engineering or Physics / Engineering?
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Engineering Should I be an Aerospace engineer or an Astronomer?
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Physics Is Theoretical Physics a Saturated Field for Aspiring Scientists?
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Physics Should I reconsider my future major and career?
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Physics Double Majoring in Chem and Physics
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Physics Achieving CEng and CPhys: My Story
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Biology Can I Become a Botanist While Working Full Time?
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Engineering Career path for particle accelerator engineering?
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Engineering Is it too much being an engineer & a scientist?
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Engineering Aerospace Engineer or Master of Physics in COSMOSES
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What Are the Best Career Paths After a Physics Degree?
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Physics Particle Physics and Quantum Physics
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Physics Is there a non-academic future in Quantum computing?
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Job Skills Lucrative career options for a Physics Masters
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Math 2 year Data science masters program? Teaching Math abroad?
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Math Transition from math student to math tutor
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Engineering Nuclear engineering internship in EU
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Physics International High School Teacher
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Physics Career prospects for a physicist.
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Engineering Nuclear engineers who work in design
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Other High School Teaching: Is It Possible?
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Physics Is It Common for Physics Majors to Switch to Med School?
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Engineering Transferable skills and the industries for engineers?
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Physics What is the usefulness of a degree in physics and philosophy
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Other No motivation, considering taking time off -- what are some....
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Engineering Need Guidance for choosing career
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Chemistry Is the Chemistry Job Market in Shambles?
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Other Got starting job, need focus for next step
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Engineering Need direction: Applied vs Engineering Physics vs?
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Math Can I Teach at a Community College with Limited Teaching Experience?
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Looking to start a career in Astrophysics/Aerospace LATE...
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Engineering Resume tips for old worker, but new graduate
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Other MS in Physics: Unemployed for months/years -- This is My Story
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Other How can one decide to re-locate for work and leave friends?
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Engineering Importance of IC design/SemiConductor Physics in EE
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Engineering Getting An Internship after getting B.S. in mathematics
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Job Skills Two BS degrees in Chem and Phys w/ Minor in Biochem in May
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Other Telecommuting jobs for physics majors?
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Other How Can I Ace My BCG Interview?
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Physics What Drives Physicists? Insights from a Student Questionnaire
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Building programs yourself vs interships, for experience
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Physics Nuclear or Astrophysics master's degree?
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Physics Most useful Computer languages to learn for Astronomy
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Job Skills What Positions Can I Apply for With a PhD in Electrical Engineering?
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Physics What career options that pay well can I get with a MS in Physics
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Other Confused between Physics and Computer Science
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Engineering ME or AE to enter the field of AE
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Physics Can anyone offer advice on landing a job at Space-X or similar companies?
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Engineering Languages to learn for AE (Aerospace Engineering)
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Physics Best Qualities to be a Physicist?
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Other Professors, students and careers
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Engineering Which field has the most potential for the future?
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Other Will a PhD help me as a startup founder?
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Physics Need advice before sending my CV to my University
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Job Skills How do I get involved in Science early?
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Physics What are the sites in Europe to find job vacancies in Medical Physics?
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Chemistry Chemistry Professionals -- I have an Interview -- help please
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Engineering Can I handle Medical Physics as an Engineer?
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Engineering What Are the Job Opportunities for Nuclear Engineers?
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Engineering How much electrical engineering in taught in Ms Mechatronic?
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Other Careers for someone who mostly knows about scientific computing?
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Physics Medical Physics: What's important to get a residency?
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Physics Can you get two PhDs in two branches of physics at one time
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Helpful Hint for Posters in Career Guidance
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Physics Science Policy and how it affects Physics Careers
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Engineering Physics vs Applied Physics vs Engineering
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Engineering Choosing physics over engineering
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Physics What is it like to experience math in physics?
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Job Skills How will US companies view an EE PhD from overseas?
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Physics How to go about pursuing career in theoretical physics
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