Phd in physics

It's why he should study Engineering degree instead of Physics.

Many Engineers are called brainlets on Veeky Forums but end up with high paying jobs.

Many Science and Math majors are smugs on Veeky Forums but end up NEETs or codemonkeys

song for the unemployed anons out there
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don't give up boys

>not comp sci

t. physics graduate

>greatest living physicist
>low level computer guy job maybe
>$70k starting

I wasn’t talking about the article. I meant the “300K starting” bait; people used to claim they could get that with a degree in pure math. An article isn’t a meme, RETARD.

You can note the feel of disappointment in his face lmao
>he fell for the academia meme

Yes you would. Someone with a PhD in Physics clearly shows they're capable, intelligent, and diligent.

Someone with a PhD in Physics that works at a call center clearly shows they're not capable, intelligent, and diligent.

>phd in physics
>masters in EE
>Worked in a call center
There's something else wrong with him.

> phd in physics
> not mathematics
There's your problem

>Calling people with degrees “doctors”
Just no

Probably negative bank. If he couldn't find a job where he lived would be an option, but only if you have money or can afford to take on more debt.

If you're so fucked from education that you can't even afford to move anymore then your prospects are slim. He probably wasn't even paying interest on his loan with that call center job

If you have a doctorate you are literally a doctor.

The greatest lie in education. You can be the world's greatest genius with perfect academic record, but it all doesn't mean squat if you don't have the social skills or nerves to sell yourself in an interview with a holier-than-thou HR bastard, which is something they never tell or teach you in schools.

>He probably wasn't even paying interest on his loan with that call center job
He's british, student loans here are more of a graduate tax. If he was working in a call center then he probably wasn't earning enough to pay any of his loan back. Just so we're clear, if you earn less than £18,000 you don't pay anything on your student loan.

The Anglo-American cultural complex worships violence, angst, and lust as theatre and self-discovery for adults yet crucifies teens for consuming works of violence,angst and lust.
Basically, Anglo culture worships the freedom/recklessness of adulthood and punishes children for the incompetence of their elders, because "children are expendable."

Not going full weeb but, in Japan the junior high school students go for interviews at the high schools they are trying to get into, and most likely the same with high school and university entrance.
So in the last couple of months before graduation they're practicing interviews, and it seems weird to me but it makes a lot of sense. It's a skill that they're going to need and so they get taught it in school.

>reading university
maybe he should've gone to math university instead what a fuckin dumbass

can confirm. i get job offers on linkedin everyday and most of them are "customer support" or "recruitment consultant" jobs.

Unless you are really good at programming or are a normie who can network your way to a good job, DO NOT STUDY STEM AT UNIVERSITY.

You mean higher universities, where you pay absurd amount of money for roughly the same job prospects?

in higher universities atleast you get to network with rich people and the elite. luckily i managed to make friends with a guy who became a millionaire and now runs several businesses. he basically hired me out of sheer pity so that i could get the necessary experience to apply to normal jobs.

Physics is a vast and heavily diversified subject.

There are numerous fields in physics where people never even have to learn programming, and this is quite common in experimental physics where people still unironically use Microsoft Excel because all they do is measure some shit, collect data in a csv file and then use Excel and Word to write their reports..

And then there are other fields in physics where the programming you have to learn is literally cutting edge - such as in particle physics, condensed matter, quantum mechanics or astrophysics.

The problem is most employers usually assume every physics major is the latter and the next Einstein or something.

I'm guessing the poor sod in the OP was a experimentalist brainlet, so barely knew any programming at all.

The general problem here seems to be the delusion that a PhD is a free pass to a high-earning job. Don't get me wrong, it's very simple to get there using a PhD, but it's not a guarantee. You obviously need to put in both the effort as well as make smart choices during and after your PhD.

Just sitting on your stupid ass, waving that PhD diploma around, isn't gonna do shit.

I've had PhD colleagues who still don't have a job 2 years after graduation, where as others including me, got offers a year before we actually handed in our theses. Don't be surprised you won't find a nice job if your PhD is on rotating black holes or some other irrelevant shit.

The fuck is that reading university

I think I've seen 300k starting thread yesterday or day before that

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading,_Berkshire

>true but it's just human nature, anyone would've fucked us
Anyone but her

I honestly can't wait for all the physics undergrads on Veeky Forums to experience thejr shitty job prospects once they get into the real world.

You have to go to /g/dpt/ for that

>programming is marketable
>physics isn't
Stay mad

...

Elliot was a EE MSc & Physics PhD from 27th best Uni in UK

Where are my Job Prospects.

USA's Meme State University > UK's Reading university

>5 years?
It's from 2011 Veeky Forums if I'm not wrong

t. meme pro

If you want a job study something that will actually lead to a job.

Only because Meme State University gets more money.

At least you guys are fucking educated and intelligent

>Have no intelligence or practical skills, IQ is 86
>have a degree in fucking history but can't even remember the reason WW2 started without looking it up
>working in a call centre for 10 fucking years, got promoted after 1 year to a call auditing position, and haven't had any fucking increase in pay since, make minimum wage + 20%
>have no friends
>can barely read
>don't understand basic math
>don't know anything about science, don't know anything about the earth or its history, only found out last year that the continents were in different positions when dinosaurs were alive
>have pathetic lack of knowledge in all STEM areas, didn't know anything about human nutrition until this year when I got diagnosed with Osteoporosis (from lack of calcium) and started reading, always assumed Vitamin C was the only vitamin but now realise it is dozens
>don't understand Physics, can't even comprehend gravity, literally assumed birds had anti gravity organs for a long time
>reading is useless because I remember nothing
>can't learn any languages, spent fucking 800 hours learning Afrikaans and barely learnt to introduce myself

I am FUCKED. When society collapses because of skill shortages I am the reason why.

do they get taught how to get laid in school. It's a skill they are going to need too.

Look at it this way: There is so much exciting knowledge waiting for you! xkcd.com/1053/

>westminster
there's your problem right there

As an employer you expect the PhD to get bored to tears witihin the first hour, start looking for more qualified jobs immediately and leave within a month or two which means you have to recruit, again.

You generally don't want to hire over-qualified people for anything.

Being overqualified is a thing.

If you can't understand there's a difference between a degree and a doctorate then you don't get to decide who deserves the title.

Didn't they trash their physics department a few years ago?

>assumed birds had anti gravity organs

>assumed Vitamin C was the only vitamin

wtf are you black?

this is what a degree gotten on adderall means, fuck all

A phd in physics at worst he could have taught at university, and wtf was he doing in Kensington, probably high trying to score more drugs

>adderall
adderall releases dopamine in the brain.

dopamine is dope bro

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The only job relating to physics that a physics PhD can get you is high school teacher

Try writing teen fiction, you have all the necessary qualifications.

Yeah... didn't know crashing was a thing. Tried to get off of it in Uni and didn't leave my dorm for a month.

>PhD on rotating black holes
>your job prospects are artist or science communicator

Real life comes at you fast

Knowledge of your own ignorance is the first step to correcting it.

It's newsworthy because it's rare, all the feminist dance therapy PhDs on welfare are not, for example.

What field did he work in? Having trouble finding his publications.

At least he has a job