VoyagerGoldenRecord
Background: Physics BS/PhD/post-doc, Semiconductor/Optics/Communications Scientist/Engineer, worked at Large/Mid/Small telecom companies & Facebook, and in 3 countries (Canada, Germany, USA)
For young scientists, this is a tough time, having your studies and career prospects disrupted, locked at home isolated. AMA.
Early in my career/education I struggled with all the same questions on this forum: should I study physics? what field? academic career or industry? should I get a PhD; where? should I do a post-doc; where? how do I get an internship? how to get a job in a specific field? how to find a field that actually has jobs? how do I change fields/jobs? what kind of company should I work for? how to move beyond the first, junior job? how to advance my career? what happens when the economy goes down the toilet; job insecurity, layoffs? should I move, emigrate, immigrate?
For young scientists, this is a tough time, having your studies and career prospects disrupted, locked at home isolated. AMA.
Early in my career/education I struggled with all the same questions on this forum: should I study physics? what field? academic career or industry? should I get a PhD; where? should I do a post-doc; where? how do I get an internship? how to get a job in a specific field? how to find a field that actually has jobs? how do I change fields/jobs? what kind of company should I work for? how to move beyond the first, junior job? how to advance my career? what happens when the economy goes down the toilet; job insecurity, layoffs? should I move, emigrate, immigrate?
