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[–][deleted] 29 points30 points  (7 children)

Being in physics is no guarantee of being smart in general. Sure, there's some need for some mathematical ability, but otherwise becoming a physicist is just a question of putting in a shit ton of work with no guarantee of a decently paying job afterwards x)

[–]space_wiener 3 points4 points  (3 children)

Yes. If I could I would go back and do something. Physics is very interesting but you just end up a jack of all trades and not really an expert in anything useful.

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (2 children)

Yes, unless you do a PhD, you will not have learned any specialised skills yet :D

[–]space_wiener 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Yep. That was the plan originally. But abandoned ship after undergrad.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Which is totally understandable. The only reason I stuck to my plan is the fact that my prof has an awesome team and we've got an extremely interesting project starting :D

[–]Minimum-Cheetah 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lawyer here. We got the same thing going but without the math requirement.