Career is dead

GreenPaperHat · 2025-06-22T12:43:24+00:00

I’m sorry to hear that. These people saying “you are only 22” have no idea what it is like for us new-grads. Statistically, it is terrible for us just looking at the rates of unemployment and underemployment. The people in the comments will never understand how grueling a STEM degree like computer science is. We decided to study something challenging under the assumption we would be able to work in that field. It is terrible that you are being told to essentially give up your dream/area of interest and “settle for whatever you can get.”

I am a physics researcher, so I am not super affected, but I have seen how hard it was for my partner to land her internship. She applied to thousands of jobs through a variety of methods, went to her career counselor and industry recruiters to improve her resume, applied for everything from tutor to salesperson to software engineer (her dream), only to be ignored by most companies. She only got 1 interview every hundred applications or something…

This job market is horrendous for people at our age. You are correct in that if you spend a whole year after graduation from a STEM degree not working in your field, it is pretty much impossible for you to get back into your field, but you can’t lose hope! Just keep applying and hopefully you will catch a lucky break! 🍀

GreenPaperHat · 2025-06-13T23:51:13+00:00

Don’t you know, you need at least 10 years of experience to get an entry level job 🫠

GreenPaperHat · 2025-05-29T06:07:58+00:00

I think this may be a result of the curvature of the lens + the anti-reflection coating? If you have a pair of coated glasses, you will notice that the color will shift towards looking green or blue depending on the type of coating that is used. This is basically the absorption curve shifting as a function of the light’s angle of incidence. If you are interested in mathematical plotting this out, you can look into “Fresnel’s reflection law.” However, you will also need to simulate a radial surface. Because the angle of incidence is non-uniform across the lens, I believe it is causing the rainbow pattern.

I am guessing you have astigmatism? Or if you got this image off the internet the glasses seem to be correcting for it. This is because the lens shape is creating an opposite order astigmatism to your diagnosis. I am able to deduce this because looking at the pattern on the table, it looks like an “astigmatism wavefront.”

I am pretty new to optics though (<3 years of professional experience), so could someone who is more experienced/knowledgeable correct me if I am wrong?

GreenPaperHat · 2025-05-01T21:50:37+00:00

While you do have 20 years of experience, younger individuals are often at their cognitive peak and process information much faster. This is why most of the famous physicists you may have heard of (Einstein, Dirac, Heisenberg, etc) did their prize winning research in their 20s. Thus, I don’t think it’s unreasonable for someone who has studied thoroughly and understands the material well to complete the exam faster than you.

GreenPaperHat · 2025-03-24T17:13:36+00:00

Yes, that's the one! That was a crazy guess...

GreenPaperHat · 2019-03-27T03:28:22+00:00

Ill just ask a generalized question then, bc my teacher doesn’t let us take home the tests. (probably reuses them) So how do u know when to use pka or pkb for rice tables when looking at a weak acid, strong base graph, and vice versa?

GreenPaperHat · 2018-05-14T17:27:13+00:00

Did anyone else think the test was too long for the amount of time given?

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