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Physics Alternative: physicists working in the BayArea/Tech Valley?
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Other Tattoos in Academia: A Student's Perspective
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Engineering How can I get info on engineering licensure?
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Physics Is Theoretical Physics a Viable Career Path in Academia?
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Physics Why Are Physics PhD Graduates Struggling to Find Jobs?
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Engineering Quality Engineering Experiences: Share Yours
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Engineering Control Engineer in a Power Company?
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Job Skills Is Freelance Computational Physics Consulting Realistic?
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Other Is BigData/MachineLearning/DeepLearning really the future?
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Physics Connecting with Medical Physicists: Tips for Shadowing and Networking
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Physics In what fields do physics majors end up working in?
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Other Academia, Industry, or National Labs?
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Job Skills Personal Innate Skills: Identifying & Building Careers
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Job Skills Optics Master's vs PhD: Industry Opportunities and Career Prospects Explained
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Physics Outlook after PhD in computational soft-matter physics
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Physics Interested in physics but *Hate* computers....
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Chemistry Career Guidance for BSc in Chemistry: Mental Health & Addiction
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Physics Med Physics: Moving from Australia to Canada
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Physics Settling for a different field in grad school....
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Engineering Engineering or Biomedical Science?
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Other Quitting full time job prematurely?
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Physics Postdoc in Environmental Radiation: Find Available Posts Worldwide
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Other Should I Switch from Physics to a Joint English-Physics Major?
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Biology What bachelor's degree should I pursue for a career in nanomedicine research?
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Physics Physics or Applied Mathematics Undergraduate Degree
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Engineering Mechanical, Civil, or Nuclear Engineering?
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Astrophysics Career: 10th Grader Interested in Space
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Engineering Mechanical Engineering or......Maths?
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Math Bachelor's, Masters and Phd's sequence for Math & Physics
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Job Skills Any ideas on how I can develop research interests?
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Physics Interested in undergraduate research at other university
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Moving out of parent's house for first time
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Physics Can a Young Person With No Degree Change Theoretical Physics? What to Do?
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Other Peace Corps after graduate school?
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Engineering How to prepare for internships during 2nd year in MechE?
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Math How to Address All but Qualifier Status on a Resume?
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Other Can't shake the feeling I should be in Physics....
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Engineering Is there a short path to becoming a nuclear engineer if...
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Physics Will people buy a physics textbook writed by a 18 years old ?
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Other Gas Turbine Tuning and Control Job - How & Where
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Job Skills Combining full-time job and research
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Engineering What is the ideal job title for this engineering role?
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Engineering Do Engineers Enjoy Using CAD Software?
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Engineering Nuclear engineering career guidance help
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Engineering The old "Physics vs Engineering" question....
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Physics Paying to Work? 24 Yr Old Physics Grad Struggling for Fulfillment
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Physics Assessing the risk of pursuing physics
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Other Problems of pursuing multiple paths
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Physics Need guidance for my career (physics and astrophysics)
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Engineering Academic Incest (physics, engineering)
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Remaining Christian While Pursuing a Career in Physics
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Physics Teaching High School and College-Level Physics
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Physics Career after Computer Science and Physics double major
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Engineering Electrical and electronics Engineer
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Fresh graduate career advice in Chip Design
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Engineering Digital or Analog IC for a person with digital bias
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Physics Considering a career as an hospital radiophysicist
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Other Can I Become a Successful Nanomedical Entrepreneur Without an MD Degree?
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Physics Community College lecturer with foreign masters?
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Learning control theory first job out of college
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Physics How can i get better at physics?
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Engineering Guidance as a nuclear physicist after B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering
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Engineering Is a hands-on engineering job the right fit for me?
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Engineering Should I Pursue a Career as a Maintenance Technician or an Engineering Degree?
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Other Best career move? Opportunity at a local community college....
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Engineering Questions for an aeronautical/space engineer
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Physics Advice before joining PhD research group, -- personal problems
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Engineering Navigating the Transition from Academic to Industrial R&D
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Physics Summer Opportunities for Second Year Students?
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Engineering Self-Education for Aerospace engineering
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Other Going back for Mechanical Technology?
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Engineering Unsure of which Master's Program to Pursue
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Engineering Specialize yourself or be a Jack of all trades?
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Physics Where Can I Study Particle Physics in Australia?
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Engineering Career planning [Suggestions please]
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Physics Can a physicist work as a rocket scientist?
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Engineering Is a BSc in Engineering and a PhD in Theoretical Physics a viable career path?
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Other Should I apply to multiple job ads?
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Horrible social situation at the lab
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Job Skills "Unfortunately, You are not the right fit at this time"
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Engineering Chemistry or Engineering major for environmentally-minded?
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Job Skills Medical physics in Canada: ABR accepted?
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Physics Will it always be this hard to get an academic physics job?
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Other CERN vs Fermilab: Which is Better for Theoretical Physicists?
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Engineering Switching from Civil to Mechanical Engineering: Is It a Good Idea?
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Job Skills Maximizing Efficiency: Tips for Choosing the Right Computer for Your Needs
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What blue collar trade requires the most academic knowledge?
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Engineering Can't find a Job in Engineering, what to do?
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Job Skills Which Non-Desk Engineering Fields Are Best for Chronic Pain Management?
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Engineering I don't know what to get a master's in -- Medical physics? Engineering?
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Physics Experimental solid state physics
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Engineering What Are the Job Prospects and Work Environment for Renewable Energy Engineers?
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UN Online volunteers - anyone?
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Physics Which physics jobs require the least commitment time-wise?
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Physics Doing theoretical Physics or Math work as a hobby
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Engineering Chemistry or Chemical Engineering?
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Engineering Physicist or Mechanical Engineer?
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Engineering Tips for a newly graduated mech-engineer
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Physics Study Physics: Space, Time, Black Holes & More
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Other Can I do anything with just a management degree?
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