Physics What can you do with a phD in physics?

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A background in physics opens up various stable career opportunities beyond academia and finance. Key job options include engineering roles, geophysicist positions, and medical physics. Other viable paths are in technical sales, industrial consulting for major companies like Siemens and GE, teaching, and entrepreneurship. Additional fields of interest include forensic consulting, military research, meteorology, radiation safety, and pharmaceutical research focusing on drug design and pharmacokinetics. Scientific journalism is also a potential career for physics graduates. For more comprehensive job searches, using Google to explore forum discussions is recommended for better results.
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Other than being a professor or working in finances/wallstreet, what are the stable jobs that you can get with a background in physics?

That is RELATED TO PHYSICS
 
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Did you do a search in this forum? Lots and lots of messages.
 
Some examples:
- engineering
- geophysicist
- medical physicist
- technical sales
- techinical investigations for industrial companies like Siemens, Phillips, GE, Varian
- teaching
- entrepreneur
- forensic consulting
- military consulting/research
- meterologist
- radiation safety officer
- pharmeceutical research (drug design, pharmecokinetics, etc.)
- scientific journalism
 
Vanadium 50 said:
Did you do a search in this forum? Lots and lots of messages.

I did but the search algorithm isn't all too great
 

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