Recent content by mark55

Well I am always reading in the business sections of newspapers about how successfull the UK space industry is - so in principle there are lots of jobs (no idea how often someone moves and one comes free though). I suspect all the jobs are in the south of the country though - so bear in mind the...

I'd disagree I think because generally c++ is using programming techniques not used in FORTRAN - most code (at least that I come across) in FORTRAN is procedural and most code in c++ has some aspect of OOP in it. So sure you can write procedural code in c++, but I have rarely come across code in...

I thought the poster said he was not getting jobs because he did not know OOP, but did know python. What I meant was you don't then need to learn c++, if you know python already - learn OOP there and you know how to do it. Now if the job wants c++ AND OOP that's a different matter.

I don't think so, unless you have serious natural ability - c++ is a tough language to get good at. You can learn to do basic stuff in a month - but I don't think many people can be any good at it (especially given the poor code quality I see from people who have used it for some time!). All my...

Probably depends on the field and where you live? In particle physics for example I have yet to meet any phd who did not get a job they liked straight after, often using the very skills they learned in the PhD (c++, python etc), and I don't even think they were applying for lots of jobs (this is...

Well I think its not true you have to work 100 hours a week. I am an experimental physicist and mostly work 9-6 ish hours, some weeks I might work like crazy like when we have a deadline to meet like getting a paper published, new versions of software in place etc but that's not the norm and its...

I was funded via a Research Council studentship for my PhD. As far as I know only UK nationals are eligible for these. Some groups are creative and can find other sorts of funding (European, Chinese funding sources are ones I know of) for students. I would suggest to try to find a group...

Well no UK HEP experimental graduates I know had any problem getting offered decent postdocs. So I think this is really not true. You will do just fine with a UK group.

Hello, I also have a few questions about a career in finance. My background is I did a PhD in high energy particle physics, with a lot of c++ experience. Since then I have spent 5 years as a postdoc working on one of the LHC experiments (again a lot of C++ and in recent years python, work a...