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At one time I thought that would be my dream job, which is why I got a minor in Physics. I ultimately went and got a job at a normal tech company because I rea
by spaced-out 7y ago
At one time I thought that would be my dream job, which is why I got a minor in Physics. I ultimately went and got a job at a normal tech company because I realized:
1. Working in that field, funding is often tied to government grants, so I would have been making a lot less money, and likely working harder.
2. Little to no opportunities for advancement, or even having your ideas heard, because you'll be the only one in the room without a PhD, in an industry where those 3 letters are literally everything that matters.
3. Even people with PhD are treated like crap in the hard sciences. I have a friend that has a PhD in biology, makes less than 1/3rd of what I do, and works longer hours.
If we as a society want the best minds to go into those fields, we need to pay those people more.
- _bxg1 7y agoWhat if people started software companies tailored to those segments and sold to them as customers, instead of trying to get hired there?
- spaced-out 7y agoI haven't looked into that, but in my anecdotal experience the problems are: 1. There is simply less money in that line of work because it's tied to government grants. 2. The Physics field (which I have direct experience in) is dominated by old people with PhDs. They're very smart people, but also tend to be stubborn, and (again generalizing) are not too keen on listening to the opinions of people who don't have a PhD.
- 1auralynn 7y agoIt's not super profitable due to tight budgets.