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Another Physics adjacent PhD. When I was in my 20s, I was aware of the situation anecdotally from other grad students. However, I wanted to shoot my shot and
by unemphysbro 5y ago
Another Physics adjacent PhD.
When I was in my 20s, I was aware of the situation anecdotally from other grad students. However, I wanted to shoot my shot and by the time I hit my late 20s and 30 all of those weekend hours in the office and the low pay made those software jobs very alluring. So I jumped ship.
I miss research in academia quite a bit, I still read papers and review articles if I'm contacted. However, I don't think I'll go back with the work-life balance and higher salaries in industry.
- NationalPark 5y agoMaybe your choice of field was fortunate here, don't they say if you don't have your Nobel in physics by 30 you never will?
- _game_of_life 5y agohttps://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/lists/nobel-laureates-by-age/ https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/lists/nobel-laureates-by-a... That saying doesn't seem to be true at all if you sort by age. If you have your nobel prize by 30 you are an outlier. There are similar sayings for mathematics that don't hold up. I don't really understand where the perception comes from when it is easily fact checked?
- wayoutthere 5y agoI think the phrasing is a little off; the way I’ve heard it is that most Nobel winners had done the majority of their research before they were 30. It just takes a few decades for their contributions to the field to become apparent.