Recent content by jesse73

Mathematics is different and is funded with a different culture. People in physics in the US are only going to shift more towards working in bigger groups because the funding decision makers at NSF want to fund larger groups which are ideally interdisciplinary. You can do whatever you want in...

It is actually worse than this since 10 would be around the minimum. Some professors with large research groups graduate much more.

http://www.hsh.com/finance/mortgage/salary-home-buying-25-cities.html If they were serious about the shortage they would consider moving their headquarters to southern california at least ( a 50-60k drop in salary required to buy a home). Cities30-Year Fixed Mortgage Rate% Change from...

The assumption being that the CS curriculum and scope as well as the relative availability of CS grads hasnt changed since the 1980s. As others pointed out lumping out IT grads with CS grads is unfair.

That BBC documentary is such junk. If you think you can beat people devoting loads of resources and are in the know (ie have access to information you dont) at home you are a chump and should just buy a lotto ticket.Also these guys are in their "up" times and can say they are doing everything...

There are research assistant jobs that are designed for non phd holders but those arent permanent positions. When people talk about being a physicist they mean working on physics in a permanent position. There are short term opporunities and grants but NSF money which is obtained multiple times...

Actual physicist jobs tend to be at national labs and universities that are structured in ways that make it so you need a PhD. Government isn't known for being loose on job requisitions reqs.

Nope that's not where I heard it. Star Wars Episode III. That is where I heard that.

Ive heard that quote somewhere else; I wonder where.

As far as I know there is no such thing as theoretical physics fieldwork.

I don't think you are interpreting broader impacts right . I think it is supposed to be an extension of your personal statement like how is the work you are proposing on doing going to impact society at large. It isn't like undergrad admissions asking if you have volunteered as a missionary in...

I really wonder too. Not a compsci grad but I could do "fizzbuzz" in any language I remember the print syntax and supports modular arithmetic. I think the problem might be some people who graduate only learning syntax and are absolutely atrocious at basic math

A lot of donation money goes to elite school because among billionaire's getting your name on a cancer research building at MIT has more bragging power than at a state school.

I think you proved it isn't required for all such listings. If only anyone had mentioned it being a stipulation in all quant jobs.

The very next listing http://www.quantfinancejobs.com/jobs/job.aspx?JobID=15292 A PhD/MSc in Mathematics, Engineering, Physics, Computer Science or a hard science discipline from a globally elite institution.