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Good for you but most physics majors won't use physics knowledge in their jobs too. Most programming or "city" jobs don't need physics knowledge at all. You use physics when you work as engineer but it's hard to become one without degree. And if you work in social media marketing it's not boring...

That's it. That's exactly it. I think everyone need to accept fact that there will be low enrollment in physics because it's not very marketable by nature. If it will be then it's not physics anymore. In my country there is "computational physics" degree which is more or less double major in...

I went from physics to 2d commercial art (went to art school). It's hard, you need to spend few years but job prospects are still better than in theoretical physics. In 3d it should be even easier especially with hard-surface or archi vis. It's hard to say how many years you need to spend since...

You should ask yourself not if you should do astrophysics phd because that's your dream but if you fail to get a job in astrophysics afterwards - will you regret it? Because it's almost impossible to get a job in astrophysics nowadays so if you choose option no 2 you should think about it as a...

So it's either materials or applied physics.

I have bad news for you. If you don't like programming then physics is out. If you don't like both - programming and hands-on most STEM is out or rather you should choose sales/client/management path in engineering then. I can only think about civil engineering and architecture as disciplines...

It's bad - 3 years of your career life are wasted so don't waste any more time. Even if you start doing research right now it's impossible to do PhD in a year so don't drag it any longer. Send your resume for programming jobs and if you can't get any switch to masters in CS and build your...

From what I understood OP wants to work as industrial design (more artsy stuff) and is interested in learning about theoretical physics at highest level (but not working in it) - for some reason all of that had led him into studying MechE (wtf?!) and he asks if he can learn about physics while...

I think the solution is always the same - proper education. We educate young people in various ways but not the most important imo - how to make proper life choices and what kind of possibilities are out there. Young people should know their strengths, weaknesses, preferences - in job and life...

There are however examples of successful transition from theoretical physicist to designer or at least one example: http://nautil.us/issue/38/noise/this-physics-pioneer-walked-away-from-it-all - it's worth reading. However from what I understood she got proper art/design education after her PhD...

We talked a lot about it in thread "is physics degree worth pursuing?" in this section. From what I have learned about other countries: - the better economy and more advanced industry is (low unemployment rate, big R&D industry like Germany) - the more elite higher education is (only top 10-20%...

If you can work in "anything involving physics" you actually can't work anywhere. From my perspective (Poland) it's not good. It's neither "proper" engineering degree that teaches you profession nor solid pure physics degree that allows you to get into very good PhD program. You have a little...

It's wise choice because you can work in physics that way. I mean combining EE and physics + going in solid state electronics enhances your chances for work in both academia and industry. Solid state has more job openings/money/grants in academia and it's proper field in industry (in some...

Yeah but all of it it's viable only in US education system. Rest of the world is different - you choose major before you start university and it's hard to change afterwards, limited pool of electives and no electives outside of major. Once you are in, you are in until graduation. Probably that's...

I believe not only for me but for everyone who want to join workforce asap, be employable straight after Bsc and seek clear path of employment. Tell me then what kind od advantage could Bsc in physics have over engineering or cs degree?