A physics master’s degree opens doors to myriad careers
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A physics master’s degree opens doors to myriad careers
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#2Once you have the job a master's degree is a master's degree. If your employer (esp. large ones) has some benefits in place for possessing a master's you will qualify. However when you apply for jobs hiring managers may not know what your master's degree (or Ph.D. for that matter) in physics entails.
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#3i like the story of the college grads with terrible undergraduate grades applying for the masters program, and getting in! And then turning their life around. After they graduate with a master's degree its like all their undergraduate sins are erased.
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#4I didn't do my physics PhD expecting it would lead to a job. Which is good because it hasn't.
Re: A physics master’s degree opens doors to myriad careers
#5Once you have the job a master's degree is a master's degree. If your employer (esp. large ones) has some benefits in place for possessing a master's you will qualify. However when you apply for jobs hiring managers may not know what your master's degree (or Ph.D. for that matter) in physics entails.
Depends on the job. Some government labs will only hire people with MS's or PhDs in physics or a related field.
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#6Please please please do not pursue a PhD or MSc in Physics on the sole expectation it will open a door to a career that you believe would otherwise be closed. You will not enjoy it.
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#7From my experience both interviewing and hiring, a physics degree absolutely will not help you in tech. You will have more credibility than any non-STEM graduate, but employers will constantly wonder if you've bridged the gap created by your lack of a CS degree.
Re: A physics master’s degree opens doors to myriad careers
#8Please please please do not pursue a PhD or MSc in Physics on the sole expectation it will open a door to a career that you believe would otherwise be closed. You will not enjoy it.
So I assume it would acceptable to pursue a degree if you enjoy physics and hope to use the knowledge and degree to advance your career. Are the job prospects for advanced degrees in physics that poor?
Re: A physics master’s degree opens doors to myriad careers
#9i like the story of the college grads with terrible undergraduate grades applying for the masters program, and getting in! And then turning their life around. After they graduate with a master's degree its like all their undergraduate sins are erased.
After your first job out of college, your undergraduate sins are essentially erased as well. The longer your career exists, the smaller the emphasis (and value of) your undergraduate performance becomes.
Re: A physics master’s degree opens doors to myriad careers
#10From my experience both interviewing and hiring, a physics degree absolutely will not help you in tech. You will have more credibility than any non-STEM graduate, but employers will constantly wonder if you've bridged the gap created by your lack of a CS degree.
I would think that might be true right out of school. But with a little bit of experience and maybe some cool projects under your belt, I would think a physics degree would look very good for some of those really specialty, high paying jobs.
But I can definitely see how it wouldn't help at the onset.