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    Physics Is AstroPhysics risky for career?

    Yes! What a small world! I LOVED my time at TCU! I worked in the career center while going to school there and honestly, they weren't of much help. I had a job lined up at Siemens through a friend I worked with at Siemens many years before I graduated. Now I find I'm over-qualified for...
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    Physics Is AstroPhysics risky for career?

    LOL I too am unemployed although 4 weeks after moving to Colorado from Dallas I was offered a job. It fell through but I got that interview just because of my degree. They told me, "We've never met anybody with a degree in Astrophysics." With a PhD in it, with NASA losing the Shuttle program...
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    Physics Is AstroPhysics risky for career?

    Astro_Dude, I have a Bachelors in Astrophysics and have worked in engineering for 10+ years. I worked as a Manufacturing Engineer with my Astrophysics degree and now I'm trying to get a job as a Mechanical Engineer. In my many years in engineering I have known people with just a Physics...
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    Physics Is AstroPhysics risky for career?

    I have a degree in Astrophysics. I LOVED my studies and wouldn't have studied anything else! I studied what I LOVE and my passion! I've had many interviews just because of my degree. Some people just want to interview you because they've never met anybody with an Astrophysics degree, LOL...