David Timothy
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Can anyone please tell me the benefits being a physicist or being Mechanical Engineer?
This is a really broad question, so I will give a broad answer. In general, a physicist per se has a doctoral degree and quite a bit of specialization. This field largely has an academic focus, although many physicists work in industry as well, but often doing very different things than their academic counterparts.David Timothy said:Can anyone please tell me the benefits being a physicist or being Mechanical Engineer?
Ben Espen said:This is a really broad question, so I will give a broad answer. In general, a physicist per se has a doctoral degree and quite a bit of specialization. This field largely has an academic focus, although many physicists work in industry as well, but often doing very different things than their academic counterparts.
Mechanical engineering is a very broad field with many sub-specialties. Many mechanical engineers can find employment with a bachelor's degree alone, although different kinds of opportunities may be available with graduate degrees. The focus here is on industry/business. Engineering is an applied discipline, the idea is to design stuff, make stuff, or test stuff, with the overall goal of making money. In absolute terms, there are many, many more people in this field than in physics.
axmls said:You'll benefit from mechanical engineering if you like mechanical engineering, and vice versa.
symbolipoint said:Maybe better number of employment positions for the mechanical engineer?