Physics What skills should someone aspiring with for a PhD in Physics acquire?

[MetalManuel]

Right now I'm a sophomore majoring in physics and I honestly don't have very many skills. I am great with computer/electronics repair and networking(as a hobby), but that's about it. I kind of wish I learned some of these skills earlier, so that they would be even better by now. Which is what I am trying to do at this moment.

I don't know what I want to do with Physics, but I know I like it. I want to contribute something to society in one way or another, but in order to do that while making a living I need to be employable.

So I was wondering what kind of skills do people who hire Physics PhDs look for? The only thing I can think of is MATLAB, which I don't know anything about, but I see everywhere. Are any computer languages good to master? C++ is a requirement for me, so I was wondering if that would be a good language to get really good at.

I basically want to start acquiring skills now, so that when I am done with school, I will have a large variety of skills.

Thanks

 

[Curl]

If you do physics as undergrad then do applied math/computer science for grad school then it will be easy to get employed by a company that develops software (engineering software, FEA, game engines, etc)

 

[twofish-quant]

1) Learn to program.
2) Take humanities classes seriously. Learn history, literature, philosophy, etc.
3) Stay curious and ask deep questions