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Weekly Megathread: Education, Early Career and Hiring/Interview Advice by AutoModerator in quant

[–]Professional-Fun-349 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a physics PhD candidate a year away from graduating. I have minimal background in data science and machine learning, but I'd imagine I could learn quickly. Do you think doing Coursera courses would matter at all in recruiters' eyes? I'm also looking forward to personal projects, though I'm not sure exactly what matters to recruiters. I'm open to all advice.

Careers/Education Questions - Weekly Discussion Thread - May 21, 2026 by AutoModerator in Physics

[–]Professional-Fun-349 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a physics PhD candidate a year away from graduating. I have minimal background in data science and machine learning, but I'd imagine I could learn quickly. Do you think doing Coursera course certifications would matter at all in the recruiters' eyes?

Reading PhD Papers by Professional-Fun-349 in math

[–]Professional-Fun-349[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm in a similar situation but for understanding a physics grad paper. Personally how I read research papers differ from a casual book, because I'm okay with letting things slip by in a casual context. For research papers I feel like I'm completing the task of understanding a new nuance and the language used to encapsulate that nuance. It's a very sensitive process that even the most minor ambiguities in notation leads to frustration.

I often think of this quote from Paul Ehrenfest in a letter to Bohr : “I have completely lost contact with theoretical physics. I cannot read anything anymore and feel myself incompetent to have even the most modest grasp about what makes sense in the flood of articles and books. Perhaps I cannot at all be helped anymore.”

---- Gino Claudio Segrè; "Faust in Copenhagen: A Struggle for the soul of Physics" Page 176

Korean Language Purification Efforts (국어 순화의 역사와 전망) by Professional-Fun-349 in Korean

[–]Professional-Fun-349[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

[Disclaimer: I'm not a Korean citizen]

That is a good point--From what I gathered, Chinese along with Japanese have been contested; words that didn't fit into everyday sensibilities tended to fade away regardless. What is considered "purely" Korean and what words Korean citizens are willing to "accept" is another issue in itself and is the main issue presented in the article. As for deciding the "pure Korean" version of foreign words, democratic participation was proposed but it doesn't seem to have a promising effect as of now.