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Maylis, ignore the suggestions to the effect that you are envious or don't understand economics, your observations are entirely correct. 30 years ago I was an apprentice engineer and noticed exactly the same things. I am now the CEO of a successful company in the financial services sector...

In an academic setting interest and ability are probably quite closely aligned. In the wider world this becomes a valid distinction. The reason is that with self-discipline and motivation people can become highly skilled in many things, not all of which would qualify as a priority when it...

Are you asking two different questions here? If you are interested in physics and enjoy studying for a hobby there is no reason why you can't choose to study physics in your own time and develop a fine understanding of the textbook materials and ability in solving the problems therein. Maybe...

Try spaced repetition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaced_repetition) using Anki (http://ankisrs.net/) on a trial topic and see how you get on. Don't use shared decks though, make your own to be effective

nickyrtr, Have you considered applying to smaller companies / SME's (not start ups) in your field of interest? If you can write a convincing cover letter, then recruitment at these places tends to be done by the boss rather than by a checklist driven HR team. Smaller firms especially need...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Structure_of_Scientific_Revolutions Come on there is more to it that that :-) I believe you are well aware of Thomas Khun and may even have read the book (I haven't). I don't necessarily agree with the point of view I suggested, but in posting it I wanted to...

Perhaps a provocative point of view, but one way of looking at it is to say there are only of handful of true physicists existing in each generation. These are the people who make the kind significant and fundamental contributions to theory or experiment that will be read about again and again...

Physicists often do well in in consulting as the work is often very numerate and analytical, and "brainpower" does make a difference. It can be an interesting and rewarding career. Generally there are two entry points into firms such as these, either as an analyst (post-university) or...

Thanks HDave for your thoughts An additional question - does "accelerator physics" as a field generally include the particle detectors, or just the machine that does the particle acceleration?

Hi ZapperZ, and others, Thank you for your information. Could you be kind enough to sketch out what might be the best route to becoming an accelerator physicist? Assume for the sake of argument: (i) the starting point is someone with a good bachelors degree in physics who also has...