Recent content by gatorphys

Well, I guess that's the problem with choosing any career right? How do you know what you'll like or dislike before you actually work at the job? But you could start by thinking about what your interests are. Do you like engineering? Programming? Hard-core math? Analyzing risk and uncertainty...

You should be able to transition over with an engineering degree, but you should really try to figure out what you actually want to do. You mentioned engineer vs quant vs actuary, all of which are completely different fields, with completely different career paths. So I would first figure out...

Yep, nothing wrong with Physics at all... its probably one of the most versatile majors out there. Best of luck with everything.

Well I know absolutely nothing about the job market in Ireland, or even Europe in general, so your best bet is to probably speak to people working over there. But if you're still a first year and you really do want to head into finance, why don't you just major in finance or economics or...

There are tons of different jobs within finance, so do you have an idea of what you're kinda interested in? And are you still in school? What year? Generally your major doesn't really matter, but if you're coming straight out of undergrad, just a physics major alone probably isn't enough to...

You can pretty much do anything with a degree in physics. So you really should figure out what you're actually interested in. Do you want to teach? Go into engineering? Finance? Programming? etc... Once you figure out kinda what you're interested in, you can look into specific jobs and career...

Its definitely possible to get into finance and trading with a degree in physics. Your biggest problem right now though, is that you're already out of school. With only a bachelors, the best way to get into something as competitive as trading is through some type of summer internship, but these...

Which one is the more academic school? Which one is more nationally known? I don't know about their physics departments, but I don't think USF nor FSU are too highly ranked nationally, not that this matters too much of course. If you want to go into politics or something, FSU would be good...

Ideally yeah, but realistically, a lot of people entered medicine for the money. These are the people who, now that their incomes are dropping, are dissatisfied with their careers choices. Although I think nowadays, less and less people are entering medicine solely for the money.

Well, it takes 11 years post-undergrad, and about $150,000+ of debt just to become a neurosurgeon. And although there may be phsyicians out there making millions, this will not be possible for much longer, at least not by practicing medicine alone. Physician salaries will come down to (what...

The average take-home salary of a neurosurgeon is nowhere close to $700,000. Of course, there are some neurosurgeons making this much, but these guys probably have a very establish practice, and have been doing it for quite a long time. A newly trained neurosurgeon will most likely never see...

I don't know how New Zeland's economic situation is right now, but the financial sectors of a lot of countries aren't doing too well at the moment. Meaning that no one is hiring (at least in America). I assume you're early on in your undergraduate career, so the economic situation could change...

The week or two weeks where I have a bunch of tests and/or homework assignments can get pretty bad. Many of the other weeks though, I have a decent amount of time each day to relax and do as I wish.

On a related note, how helpful or necessary is it to have taken an undergraduate anatomy course for medical physics? Or is it possible to just learn all you need to in grad school?

I was wondering, what does conducting medical physics research actually involve, and what sorts of things could I do as an undergraduate? I.E. what sorts of things does a researcher do day to day. Is there a lot of computer programming involved? I guess I'm more interested in the therapy side of...