Recent content by TMFKAN64

Maybe it's just me, but if I saw a Physics GRE score on a Chemical Engineer's resume, I'd think that this person isn't terribly interested in Chemical Engineering, but wishes he or she was going to grad school for physics instead of working for me.

How to determine if you are Ph.D. material: find a concrete wall, and start banging your head against it. If after an hour or two, you find yourself wondering why you are doing this, maybe a Ph.D. isn't in your future. IMHO, you don't have to be particularly smart to get a Ph.D., but you *do*...

And going the other direction, jobs at national labs where you *don't* direct your own research are less competitive and more comparable to industry jobs. At the lab where I work, there are a variety of positions with a variety of responsibilities, and some positions more competitive than...

And if the corporate culture *does* resent bug finding, get out as quickly as possible, because such a company will *never* be capable of producing a quality product.

One Ph.D. is an act of madness. Two means you are certifiable. Stick with one.

I don't want to discourage you from trying to better yourself. But I think what you have to ask yourself is "Why do I think that I will be able to complete four years of medical school and three years of residency *now*, when I had difficulty as an undergraduate *then*? What has changed in me...

This. If you lack motivation and discipline, even if by some miracle you make it into medical school, they will totally eat you alive. "I'm way behind on my career plan, what should I do with my time off?" is probably not the right question to be asking. I think you either need to *seriously*...

Changing careers is always hard, but going from computers to physics is *definitely* swimming against the tide. I was roughly in your shoes, albeit about a decade older, when I decided I wanted to study physics. The local university had an "Open University" program, so I was able to start...

Absolutely. My wife worked as a high school math teacher for a while and when she interviewed for positions, she was always surprised that no one *ever* asked her a question about math! While you need the subject knowledge, it's a relatively small part of teaching.

Welcome to Capitalism. Pay is primarily determined by how much money you can make for someone else. Theoretical physics is cool and well-respected, but you don't get paid extra for either of these.

There are a lot of jobs that you can get either with or without a particular degree. But in my experience, people *with* that piece of paper are usually paid a bit more and treated a bit better than those without.

There are two different worlds: making and selling. The dirty little secret is that selling is the more important of the two and CEOs usually (but not always!) come from the marketing and sales side of things as a result. I think you should ask yourself what part of your goal most attracts...

I don't think you have to go back to undergrad... but you need to gain a similar amount of experience coding. And yes, you might have a better chance in getting involved in the art at a smaller studio, but I wouldn't call ubisoft a smaller studio! Even then... the art designers are a different...

I'm not even sure that I know where to start... To get a job, you need experience programming in the language of interest. You don't necessarily need a CS degree, but if you are saying "I need to learn C++", you have a *lot* of work ahead of you. Video game companies have a reputation for...

I'm not sure how to read this question. Are women capable of doing top flight work in math and science? Yes, of course. Is it an uphill battle because of sexism? Also yes. I would suggest that you keep going and find out exactly what you are capable of. If not for you now, for others who...