Well, despite everyone's very reasonable and well-intentioned advice, I have now quit my job in financial reporting software and moved to the Bay Area to teach a summer computer science program. I was also accepted into a professional Masters' program that starts late September this year, but...
I know it seems reckless but I am completely miserable right now, very committed to finding something else, and have been sending out a lot of applications. I think my best plan right now is the part time master's program so I can keep working during the day, and if that works out I would only...
Got my bachelor's in physics last year from a small LAC with decent research opportunities, and since then have ended up working as a software developer on wall street. Money is great but I hate NYC and find my work incredibly boring. I really miss the summers I spent working hands-on in physics...