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> Trying to do the same with a data-driven model is a hard sell Ex-physicst here. JumpCrisscross is absolutely right. It's a hard sell and it should be. Saying
by fwdpropaganda 8y ago
> Trying to do the same with a data-driven model is a hard sell
Ex-physicst here. JumpCrisscross is absolutely right. It's a hard sell and it should be. Saying "I want a better machine but I don't know what I'm looking for" is only worse than "I want to put objects together but I don't know what machine I'm building."
The space of what's concievably possible is too large to explore if you're not guided by an hypothesis, even if you didn't have money constraints. It's not a human problem, reality is just complex.
- gh02t 8y agoSince you called yourself an "ex-physicist", would you mind saying why you quit and/or what you are doing now?
- fwdpropaganda 8y agoI quit because A) I realized that the academia is a bit rotten in some specific aspects (the linked article and the post by peterburkimsher are not instances of what I have in mind; I think both are mostly wrong and/or pointless), and B) money. Regarding what I'm doing now, let me know if you want to talk in private. Nothing too exciting though.
- BrandoElFollito 8y agoThis is not that atypical. I am on the same situation: PhD in physics (particle BTW) and left for industry. The main reasons were: I am not that good of a physicist, feudalism in the academia (socially speaking), I fell in love with IT, extraordinary opportunity in industry. All the stars were aligned for a week and I took the opportunity. I love physics (and science in general) but what I do now in industry is fantastic (in broadly speaking IT). The opportunities for advancement other than age based are better too (not that this is a rule in academia, but it was where I was). And money is such that my family is secure no matter what happens to me.