Recent content by plife

Summer was Astronomy 305. Done. Fall is Mechanics, calculus I, Entomology (for general ed). I purposely took my astronomy class in the summer so that I only had to take 3 classes in the fall :D I forgot to add that I am working on research in one of the physics labs 20 hours a week, and...

I have a similar dilemma. I have been working with an excellent professor, wonderful grad students and on a lot of fun projects. I am a physics major and my current situation is in the "best" experimental physics lab setup in our school (the best funded, the best equipped, blah, blah, blah)...

Theoristo's response reminds me of Sheldon Cooper's line in the US TV show, The Big Bang Theory: it goes something like this: "Instead of a world renowned physicist, I might have ended up a garbage collector, or a surgeon!" lol

In industry, the engineers and technicians work for years to get the brilliant ideas (that the physicists may have come up with) to work in the real world...then the names of the vice president, president, maybe some patent people, and a few other people in the company go on the patent. BTW, the...

I agree with the other posters in that an email about the GRE probably wasn't your best opening move. When I wanted to do research with a professor at my university I read some of his published papers. One of them in particular was interesting and I was able to understand some of it, so I...

Just my 2 cents for what it is worth. After working many years in Silicon Valley (Lockheed neighborhood), most everyone I knew who accepted 6-month contracts from Lockheed Martin were let go after the 6 months due to contracts not being renewed. I have many good friends who work at NASA in...

I am very excited about the 'new doctor' incarnation. It always takes me a few episodes to get used to the new doctor and/or the new companion, but having new personalities in the stories is part of the charm, don't you think? (I couldn't care less what color he is.) I enjoyed the way the last...

Fun2badadult, I understand how you feel. I, too, have returned to school to obtain an undergrad degree after many years. I decided that I would pursue a physics major with astronomy minor. This meant that, although my credits allowed me to enter school as a Junior, I would have to go back and...

I cannot agree with this one enough! When you have to carry that laptop and it's power cord around on your back all day, every day, in every kind of weather, along with all your books and notebooks and lunch and other assorted "crap," you will find that the computer that weighs the least, will...

My experience has been that every successful job hunt involves networking. Networking means "talking to people." #1 - Join groups, meet people and talk to them. Do not be a beggar, but be proactive. Ask EVERYONE if they know anybody you can talk to. If you got 1 name from every person you...

We all have fears...if there were no chance of failure would there be any challenge? One thing you have to think about is; how do you define failure? So what if you fail a class, or a test, or an exam - you can try again. You can take the class over, study harder, seek tutoring, figure out why...

You can't be serious.. 3 different PhD's?? Doesn't each one take 4-7 years?? Yes, he is actually in his 50's now and is working on a Masters in Geological Information Systems. I guess he is "addicted" to homework - lol!

I just had to put in my 2 cents here: One very good friend of mine has PHDs in Math, Computer Science, and Physics. He had to take his first algebra class 5 times! He even had to take it at another university and transfer it back in order to pass...He had to take one of his calculus classes 3...

Thank you all for your posts. You have given me a great deal to think about. I think I will take Mute's advice to heart and do some more research into each language and culture to find out which one would be most interesting. Otherwise, I could never decide. Thank you all so much!

Japanese, Chinese, or Russian?? Hi, all! I went to the SCUWiP about a week ago and it was soooo exciting! I LOVE physics! Anyway, just wanted to ask your opinion about the second language thing. I have heard that SpaceX is looking for physicists who speak both English and either Japanese...