Just graduated with a BSc in physics and starting an R&D job next week

Just graduated with a BSc in physics and starting an R&D job next week.

AMA

Why are you here and not on reddit?

do you think anyone gives a fuck?

Apparently you since you replied

I thought you need to have at least a masters degree in physics before getting into r&d. How did you do this?

Don't listen to the haters OP. I am not personally interested but I bet the physics majors will care to ask you question. But right now it is the early morning in america so most of them are doing their morning wank. You should have posted later.

What kind of a job is it? What did you specialize in (condensed matter physics, astrophysics, optics, meteorology, etc.) during your undergrad? How much money will you get?

My undergraduate thesis was highly relevant to what they do in the lab. I essentially generalized a technique used in signal/image processing, made it a bit more abstract and implemented it with decent results. This was under heavy guidance of my prof.

Thanks my man

The job is a optics job. I'll be working for a semiconductor company. I started out as an astrophysics major, but decided I hated that so i switched to optics and actually ended up getting a minor in EE. My research was in image processing for an experimental optics lab. Most people in the lab were awful coders, so I ended up getting a lot of work done during my undergrad, which resulted in a bunch of pubs which probably helped alot.

The pay is about ~70k.

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Damn congrats man. I am an EE major and this sounds like a dream to me. Going for masters or phd in electromagnetics/photonics hope to get comfy research job afterwards