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Hi guys, I'm kinda in a middle of career crisis here and I need your help. I know many of you are grown adults and perhaps many have also been through this sort crisis before.
About me:
1) I recently graduated with a BS in physics from CUNY Brooklyn College (Not known for physics but this college have a very good relationship with the engineering school Polytechnic, now known as NYU-Poly).
2) My overall GPA is 3.5 and my physics major related courses is also about 3.5
3) The classes I've taken and their grades are:
General Physics 1 (Newtonian) = A
General Physics 2 (E&M and Optics) = A
Circuit Analysis (Nodal, Mesh, Laplace Xform...) = A-
Modern Physics (Relativity, Schrodinger Eq, Tunneling, Spins...) = A+
Quantum Mech 1 (Wave Mechanics approach, propagator, dispersion...) = A
Quantum Mech 2 (Same as 1 but with Dirac's method) = A-
Electromagnetism (Intense E&M) = B T.T
Analytical Mechanics (Intense Newtonian) = A-
Theoretical Physics (Div & Stokes, Fourier Series & Xform, Tensors, all math...) = A
Intro to C++ (control structures, functions, strings, arrays, sorting, classes...) = A
Calculus 1 (Standard) = B-
Calculus 2 (Standard) = C+
Vector Calculus (dot, cross, Green fn, Eq of planes...) = A
Linear Algebra (rref, diagonalizing, a lot of theoretical stuffs) = A
Elementary Differential Eq (1st order, 2nd and higher order) = A
General Chem 1 (Standard) = A-
General Chem 2 (Standard) = B
Organic Chem 1 (Above Standard) = C+ << I got knocked down by course droppers T.T
I took calculus 1, 2 when I was breaking up with my ex. I missed quizzes and lots of absences. I'm actually pretty okay with it. I would say around A- to A level.
4) I love physics (Newtonian, E&M, and circuitry) and I'm pretty good at all of them.
5) I love math and I'm pretty good at it too.
6) So far, I do, kind of, enjoy programming. I'm pretty good at that too.
7) I want a career that's at least in semi-high demand with pretty well pay which are in physics, and/or math. I don't mind doing any programming as well.
Now the problem with this degree is that it lacks specialization. The only type of job I can get with this degree alone is probably tutoring/teaching and stuffs that aren't physics related. What I am planning to do now is become more specialized and get a masters degree. I was thinking about doing some kind of engineering work, like electrical/computer/mechanical...
I've had a talk with a graduate advisor from Polytechnic in the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department. He advised me to go into MS TN (Masters of Science in Telecommunication Network) or MS CS (MS in Computer Science) because that's where the job market is trending to.
The advisor showed me one of the TN course books, it doesn't have any physics or math in it. The book looks more like a novel to me than a science book. I don't really know much about CS.
I'm 24 now and I'm still lost sighhhhh. Can anyone give me a direction. I know I'm being pretty picky at what I want but I'm pretty old now and this time I want to make sure I am going at the right direction.
THANKS IN ADVANCE AND HAPPY HOLIDAY!
About me:
1) I recently graduated with a BS in physics from CUNY Brooklyn College (Not known for physics but this college have a very good relationship with the engineering school Polytechnic, now known as NYU-Poly).
2) My overall GPA is 3.5 and my physics major related courses is also about 3.5
3) The classes I've taken and their grades are:
General Physics 1 (Newtonian) = A
General Physics 2 (E&M and Optics) = A
Circuit Analysis (Nodal, Mesh, Laplace Xform...) = A-
Modern Physics (Relativity, Schrodinger Eq, Tunneling, Spins...) = A+
Quantum Mech 1 (Wave Mechanics approach, propagator, dispersion...) = A
Quantum Mech 2 (Same as 1 but with Dirac's method) = A-
Electromagnetism (Intense E&M) = B T.T
Analytical Mechanics (Intense Newtonian) = A-
Theoretical Physics (Div & Stokes, Fourier Series & Xform, Tensors, all math...) = A
Intro to C++ (control structures, functions, strings, arrays, sorting, classes...) = A
Calculus 1 (Standard) = B-
Calculus 2 (Standard) = C+
Vector Calculus (dot, cross, Green fn, Eq of planes...) = A
Linear Algebra (rref, diagonalizing, a lot of theoretical stuffs) = A
Elementary Differential Eq (1st order, 2nd and higher order) = A
General Chem 1 (Standard) = A-
General Chem 2 (Standard) = B
Organic Chem 1 (Above Standard) = C+ << I got knocked down by course droppers T.T
I took calculus 1, 2 when I was breaking up with my ex. I missed quizzes and lots of absences. I'm actually pretty okay with it. I would say around A- to A level.
4) I love physics (Newtonian, E&M, and circuitry) and I'm pretty good at all of them.
5) I love math and I'm pretty good at it too.
6) So far, I do, kind of, enjoy programming. I'm pretty good at that too.
7) I want a career that's at least in semi-high demand with pretty well pay which are in physics, and/or math. I don't mind doing any programming as well.
Now the problem with this degree is that it lacks specialization. The only type of job I can get with this degree alone is probably tutoring/teaching and stuffs that aren't physics related. What I am planning to do now is become more specialized and get a masters degree. I was thinking about doing some kind of engineering work, like electrical/computer/mechanical...
I've had a talk with a graduate advisor from Polytechnic in the Electrical & Computer Engineering Department. He advised me to go into MS TN (Masters of Science in Telecommunication Network) or MS CS (MS in Computer Science) because that's where the job market is trending to.
The advisor showed me one of the TN course books, it doesn't have any physics or math in it. The book looks more like a novel to me than a science book. I don't really know much about CS.
I'm 24 now and I'm still lost sighhhhh. Can anyone give me a direction. I know I'm being pretty picky at what I want but I'm pretty old now and this time I want to make sure I am going at the right direction.
THANKS IN ADVANCE AND HAPPY HOLIDAY!