STEM Career Guidance Forum

Discuss topics on science and math professions. Topics include job descriptions, salary, requirements and responsibilities. Find advice when comparing two or more similar careers.

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The State of Being a Professor - an insider's view

  • Norman
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Engineering Description of Control and instrumentation engineer

  • huntflex
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Jobs for masters in Computational Science

  • Poopsilon
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What Can Mechanical Engineers Expect in their Day-to-Day Work?

  • RugbyEng
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At a crossroads between choosing jobs

  • Winzer
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Physics Masters in Health Physics and Job Prospects

  • Leopoldo
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Career at your University - Ideas?

  • GreenPrint
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Thinking about switching from M.E. to Ch.E.

  • 8point1
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Can i get a progamming job without a CS degree?

  • djent
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Is Becoming a Growth Investor in Startups Worth the Risk?

  • FourierFaux
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University Honors Program Yes or No

  • GreenPrint
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Career in Artificial Intelligence

  • animboy
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Being involved on campus important while pursing a bachelors?

  • GreenPrint
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Physics Physicists - A Few Issues to be Addressed

  • DemiGravija
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Physics B.S. in Physics, Needing Career Change

  • chiefsci
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Engineering From UK finishing my PhD in Chemical Engineering, want to move to USA

  • EngCommand
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Are communication skills like social skills

  • dimensionless
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Engineering In your opinion, who has the upper hand: PharmDs or Engineers?

  • GirlInDoubt
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How to decide on your first job?

  • bschwartz
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Probability of lone high school student publication?

  • OKBHS
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Engineering What do you do with a computer engineering degree?

  • tahayassen
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Can High School Students Transfer Online College Credits?

  • perseus32
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Physics HS Senior, Looking for Advice/Material in Physics.

  • Arsole
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Physics Doubts about my own career (physics student)

  • Username007
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Physics Experimental or theoretical physics?

  • spockjones20
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How do I get envolved with designing weapons for the military?

  • TyChi
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Engineering Is it possible to mix electrical engineering with music somehow

  • Djhar
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Jobs where you build and test stuff.

  • cragar
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What Do You Guys Think I'm Worth?

  • MikeAnderson
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What kind of job could I get BEFORE university?

  • gizmo6
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Be a Scientist: Mech Engr, Physics & Maths Requirements

  • iscofield
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Is My Interview Outfit Appropriate?

  • ƒ(x)
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What steps can you take to prepare for university?

  • unscientific
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Physics What happens to physics majors who couldn't make it grad school?

  • -Dragoon-
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Physics Becoming a Theoretical or Astronomy-Physicist: High School Prep Advice

  • perseus32
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What Is It Like to Work as a Christmas Season Temporary Employee?

  • BobG
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Engineering Which has a better job security, electrical or civil engineering?

  • jc5211
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Should Prospective Employers use Financial Information

  • M. Bachmeier
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Physics What Are the Best Career Options for Spanish Physicists?

  • hector10
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Would you say that these salary by degree statistics are accurate?

  • JustAnotherGu
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Pursuing a PHD, but what kind of work do I do after?

  • dbenton93
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Job Skills Sending a Follow-Up Email 3 Weeks After the Interview?

  • nickadams
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Math Can i work in the financial sector after Bsc maths and physics?

  • bernvall
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Regarding Choice of Future Master Programs

  • RobinSky
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Physics Life After College: Non-Teaching Career Options

  • kikko
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Physics Finding Physics Job: List of Buzzwords to Improve Your Search

  • dydxforsn
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Ideas on how to start volunteering, pre-university?

  • Jordan S
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Physics How Can a Military Career Enhance Your Path in Physics?

  • JDtheRobot
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  • Poll Poll

House Rich but Cash Poor or House Poor but Cash Rich?

  • DrClapeyron
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Engineering Cultivating a passion for Chemical Engineering?

  • Krishan93
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Need advice at possible job opportunity

  • aleMza
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Engineering Career Change: How Common Is It?

  • Seth0Mitchell
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Engineering Instrumentation and Controls Engineer

  • JohnielWhite
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What is a reasonable amount of debt to go into for undergrad.

  • Fusiontron
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Physics Job prospects for physics students

  • Mhorton91
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Which specialization is most employable?

  • chill_factor
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Engineering Environmental Engineering/Biosystems Engineering

  • Jon1770
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Engineering Marine engineering vs. Aeronautial Engineering

  • modulus
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Engineering How Can MEs Transition to Biomedical Engineering?

  • Seth0Mitchell
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Funding programs & grants for independent scientists

  • PSz
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Chemistry What are the top career options in biology and biochemistry?

  • cosmicpencil
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What about the other Science PhDs?

  • Mépris
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Academic title in your e-mail signature

  • Math Is Hard
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How much info to give on a postdoc application

  • BeauGeste
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Engineering Thinking of a degree in nuclear engineering or health physics

  • tarletontexan
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What is your degree, and what do you do?

  • JustAnotherGu
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Physics Can I be a successful Physicist?

  • Brullen
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Finishing my bachelor's degree; thinking of a job

  • MartinV
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Two-Body Problem: Finding Jobs in Same Town After Graduation

  • nuclear85
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Thirty One Year Old Tempted to Return to University

  • Asocialkat
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Engineering Linking physics interest with civil engineer [2 out of 1]

  • tesla_
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Electrical Engineering Questions

  • kElect
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Two main ideas how to find a career that might combine the two?

  • Mzachman
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Can You Crack This Code for a Job as a European Spy?

  • darshanpatel
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Engineering About switching majors to Engineering Physics

  • elteto
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Job prospects with an associates degree

  • EEngineer
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Need some guidance (second degree, final career)

  • tklnrg
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How Much Should I Save for Retirement and a House?

  • sourlemon
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Physics Good job with a B.S. in Physics?

  • PookDo
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Physcis career for a non morning person?

  • PookDo
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I need to change careers at 31 years old.

  • tkav1980
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Engineering Electrical vs Chemical Engineering

  • stonecoldgen
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Engineering Engineering to post graduate prospectives.

  • neal1990
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Engineering What field of engineering should I go into

  • slam7211
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Engineering I'm just not sure Is Engineering Physics Worth it?

  • OrbInfinite
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Physics Renewable energy jobs with a BS in physics

  • fhqwgads2005
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Leaving Grad School without Ph.D. Now What?

  • Dubz123
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Engineering A Physicist trapped in Electrical Engineering needs help

  • Abdul Wadood
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Can anyone advise on the strength of modelling/theory groups in the UK

  • gash789
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Physics Leaving Physics MSc: After Physics BSc, What Next?

  • bokorugro
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So I was thinking before about what I'm going to do in life

  • Kinase
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Math What Careers Utilize Pure Mathematics?

  • Zoe-b
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Math Alternate paths to careers in mathematics

  • gosper
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Is Dual Majoring in MechE and Physics Enough for a Career in Nanotechnology?

  • Seth0Mitchell
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Physics BS in Chem, MS in Physics career?

  • chill_factor
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Math MS in math, MS in physics, feel COMPLETELY unemployable

  • AxiomOfChoice
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