what else i can do beside teaching, if i will do my undergrad. in physics and math?

Question

WHAT ELSE I CAN DO BESIDE TEACHING, IF I WILL DO MY UNDERGRADUATION IN PHYSICS MAJOR AND MATH MINOR?
I AM TALKING ON FINANCIAL VIEW ...i.e. WHAT TYPE OF JOB CAN I GET?
IS IT GOOD IDEA (ECONOMICALLY) TO DO UNDERGRAD. IN PHYSICS AND MATH OR SOME OTHER ENGINEERING?

I APPRECIATE UR WORDS....

Answer 1

Okay, first off, stop shouting. You'll never get a job teaching or anywhere if you send a resume in all capital letters.

It is important first to recognize how your academic skill set compares with that of your engineering peers. A physicist is usually more of a generalist than an engineer. Anything an engineer can do, a physicist can do (and more), given enough time to think things through. That is both an asset and a liability.

The asset is that the physicist has a broad skill set that they can take with them across multiple projects. The liability is that, with that general knowledge comes a longer learning curve to do things that an engineering student often knows right out the gate. You will be more expensive to a company than a junior engineer in the short run, which will make you a liability.

The asset to the engineer is that he has an immediately relevant skill set for which he was hired, and he can solve problems in that domain almost immediately upon graduation. The liability is, when demand for that skill set diminishes, he has noplace to go, and he is likely to get laid off.

Large engineering companies do better with engineers than physicists because they can pay someone to do that niche work, and there are usually enough projects to keep any one person employed into the foreseeable future. Small engineering companies do better with physicists than engineers because projects are relatively few and short, and physicists, having a more general knowledge base than their engineering counterparts, are able to migrate into a new project more seamlessly. Engineers in a small company are somewhat more vulnerable to layoffs, especially if they have a narrow skill set, since it's harder to find steady work in a place where a new and totally unique program starts up every few months.

Find a small R&D company (<100 people), and go work for them when you get your undergraduate physics degree.

I've also heard that you can sometimes get jobs on Wall Street. Apparently the big guns use vector calculus and other fancypants math, and they've found it easier to hire physicists and mathematicians and teach them economics than to hire economists and teach them vector calculus. Neat, huh?

Good luck, work hard, and stay away from drugs.

Answer 2

Math and physics are a lot of fun but, as financially rewarding careers, they're a dead end unless you get incredibly lucky. Kinda like being a sports professional. Most of the better jobs are being moved offshore where PhD level people are more than happy to work for $50 a day instead of the $50 (or more) per hour that PhD's once made here, it the US of A.

If you wan to make money, get an MBA or a degree in accounting. Or become a Medical Doctor or an Attorney.


Doug

Answer 3

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Answer 4

You could apply those skills to a number of careers. Engineering is good, or aeronautics. You could go into architecture or become one of those people that designs concept cars....
I have to throw one thing your way in favor of teaching. There is great demand for teachers specializing in math and science, which means pay incentives. Of course, everything I mentioned above pays WAY better than teaching. You'll just need to use your "elective" credits to explore different options.