Career change Definition and 65 Threads

I have a B.S. in Physics (from FSU, if it matters), and I've been teaching high school science for two and a half years. While it is rewarding to help students learn, this was not the career field I had in mind. I would like to change careers to one that is more hands-on in a physics or...

Career Change: Forestry --> Engineering I am contemplating returning to school to complete a BS in Engineering (possibly Environmental). I went to school 10 years ago planning to start an engineering program and was distracted by fighting wildland fires and ended up with a Forest Resources BS...

Hi guys, I'll start with a little history of myself. I entered the University of Illinois (champaign) into the dept of Electrical/Computer engineering thinking that this was what I wanted to do..and to be honest I wasnt very well informed or aware that Computer Engineering was the design and...

I'm currently working in IT as a senior system administrator and I've gotten to the point I'm just burnt out on the field. I've finally settled down and the other half has encouraged me to change careers like I've talked about for a while now. I have a bachelor of arts in history with a...

Hello everyone, I'm finishing my BA this year in a humanistic field(theology) and would like to change paths to neuroscience/neurobiology with a master in one of these fields ,and later pursue a Phd in the same field. However , I am worried that my bachelor degree would make it impossible to...

Tough Choices ? I am fairly new to the site. I am 31 years old, unemployed and have a Bachelors in Political Science. Long story how I got here. I had My own business for the last 7 years, which I closed due to the recession. I have never had a job where I have used my Degree. I have been...

Hello, I am a 49 year old male, reside in the US, currently unemployed, previous work experience is in IT, have a B.S. in physics/computer science degree (interdisciplinary - not double major, w/minor in math) and am considering a return to college to study Mech. Engineering. Will I have...

Hi everybody, 27 years old, bored about my admin job, I really love the idea to change career patch going into mech/electric engineering but It's seems pretty hard...I used to study little physics and chemistry at school but I don't remember anything. I went to study economy but I didn't...

So I have a BS in Chemistry and a BS in mathematics and just have been recently laid off from my job as a chemist at a pharmaceutical company. I have been thinking about going back to graduate school for ChemE. It seems right up my alley. The only thing is that I really don't want to have to...

So, I have a Ph.D. in computer science and a lot of programming experience in industry, but I would like to be working on condensed matter physics instead. To that end, I'll be getting an M.S. in physics next spring... but my question is, then what? My advisor in the M.S. program tells me...

Hi everyone, I'm a strange case...I've done my graduation in B.E. (Comp Sc) with 59.9% aggregate marks and then an MBA from a good institute in India. I've been working for the past year but I've realized that I want to do a Ph.D. in Physics and ultimately do research in Physics in an...

I don’t know exactly how to put across the dilemma I am in…so I would rather describe it as well as I can so that one can understand my situation and give me a very valuable guidance. I am almost 22 years of age and am currently working as a Digital Design engineer in a US based Networking...

Hi everyone, this is my first post. I'm after a bit of advice and hopefully this forum may provide me with a consensus. Over the last couple of years I've become really interested in physics and after toying with the idea for sometime and continually deciding I'm too old, have finally...

Hi all... I have a successful career going right now... but I'm finding that its just not that rewarding. I make a decent wage so it's scary to think about starting from scratch; however, I've always had a craving for understanding electronics and figuring out how things work. The thought...

This question is for any professors out there that have a spare moment. I'm 25 years old and finally realizing what my heart is and where it lies. I'm starting to understand what motivates and drives me, and I have to say my current career path just isn't it. I got double major in finance...