Physics career or not? *Ambivalent*

[Flunken]

Maybe this is a non-answerable topic... but here goes:

I'm a fourth-year undergrad student at M.Sc. Engineering Physics and pondering the riddle, so to speak, of what I should do after graduation. I really think physics is cool, and am interested in a broad sense of the topic (thus the programme chosen^^).

But I am wondering: Is there any point in grad studies when you feel you are almost certainly not brilliant in any way? Now, some would say that one's grades would be an indicator but I'm just not that convinced. I have better grades than almost anyone but I can't relate this to any constructive thinking! Learning for exams and stuff just doesn't seem that relevant for actually accomplishing something...

Ahh I don't know... what would you suggest? Any senior researchers who can give some kind of advice..? I know for a fact that there are non-brilliant (or worse) researchers and teachers out there but I'm not really keen on becoming one of them.
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[Norman]

Well...

The question is whether this is a career choice you want to make. If you want to get a higher level degree, this doesn't pigeon hole you into becoming a researcher or a professor. You could teach at the secondary level, work as a project coordinator for a technology firm or any of many other possibilities. The question is whether going on to possibly 5 more years of studies is something you want to do. Will those 5 more years be worth the effort to you in the end? These are the kinds of questions you have to answer yourself, and ultimately only you will know what is best for you. Good luck in everything,
Norm