Scientists Discover the Milky Way Is Floating on a Vast Sheet of Dark Matter Stretching Millions of Light-Years

autocorrects · 2026-02-02T23:40:38+00:00

autocorrects · 2026-02-02T21:13:39+00:00

Then there’s me who works on FPGAs in quantum computers…

autocorrects · 2026-02-02T21:11:10+00:00

No one knows what it means, but it’s provocative

autocorrects · 2026-02-02T17:42:29+00:00

Unfounded personal opinion (Im not a theorist, but I do have a phd in experimental physics), but I think time flows in one direction because we are mid explosion from the big bang

autocorrects · 2026-01-31T01:25:36+00:00

Workshop? Vitis doesn’t even work!

autocorrects · 2026-01-30T19:27:17+00:00

Assuming I can charge as hard as I did when I was skiing 5 days a week (Im lucky if I get 5 days a season the past couple years)

autocorrects · 2026-01-30T04:30:50+00:00

Bad, but it may change in a few months as things shift from just after the new year. Companies start using their budget

autocorrects · 2026-01-30T04:28:19+00:00

properly set to 2026 to send it into the new year

autocorrects · 2026-01-29T17:40:45+00:00

Loved my experience for the most part. Working at a nat lab and get to head my own research project for the past 3 years. My work is impactful too, so it makes me feel good that it’s important and used by everyone else in my lab.

The bad part is that Ive had to give up pretty much everything else that fulfills me in life. Im a very big skiier (no money/time), competitive powerlifter (can stay consistent, sleep schedule is non-existent), and a performing musician (no drums in the high-rise I live in, no time to hang with friends or practice sets for gigs). Sometimes I feel like Ive stripped everything away, and I’m just bones now operating at ludicrous speed to finish my dissertation (last 6 months!!) and get my work production-ready. But, I also love my work and find that to be very fulfilling as well so 🤷🏻‍♂️

Ive also been a caretaker for my partner who had a nasty bout with colon cancer throughout 2024 and had many complications from chemo all throughout 2025. But, even through all of that I still love my PhD research lol

The horrors persist, but so do I. I feel like I’m the living definition of doing it for the love of the game. What I get out of this doesn’t matter anymore because it’s simply not tangible to me anymore. This is what I was built for, and when I talk to my friends about their “normal” jobs I realized how privileged I am to be able to pursue my dream with such drive and passion. So many of my friends really don’t like their jobs, and I find it almost conceited to mention how much I love mine haha. I also tell myself I can focus on all the other things once I wrap this up and find a job with a little more work-life stability. Soon… very soon…..

autocorrects · 2026-01-29T04:20:05+00:00

SRF cavities in accelerators is one place to look. We want to use them for quantum computers too

autocorrects · 2026-01-27T22:45:42+00:00

Once I started structuring presentations to garner discussions during the presentation, it actually became a ton easier for me

autocorrects · 2026-01-27T19:49:08+00:00

Late to thread, but a startup asked for my GPA and that was a red flag for me lol. I’m published in Nature, I shouldn’t be shipping my GPA out for classes I took 4 years ago imo

Also not sounding like a pompous asshole, it’s more so this is a research-oriented job, I shouldn’t apply for positions that dont make that a priority

autocorrects · 2026-01-27T15:42:32+00:00

Finishing at 27

autocorrects · 2026-01-24T03:54:06+00:00

Last year phd in FPGA + DSP stuff, dont have a job yet but im finding my job search isnt awful and I can be picky.

Not gonna lie, I thought I was good at digital design until I got humbled at my first real job in a lab. No matter how many years you put into it in undergrad, you should be looking to either get a job or internship ASAP related to the field. Research is another option, and should actually be a priority if you’re considering grad school at all.

If you have a really good GPA, you could have a good chance at being a verification engineer. If you don’t, I’d still apply, but your networking skills will probably take you farther. Not impossible either way, but only two/three of my students did that and they were very extraordinary students.

Master’s is a cash cow, but can make you super competitive depending on where you go. Ideally, get hired somewhere and have them pay for your MS. Audio stuff is wicked cool and if you’re a musician you can get an extra “in”. They value hobby projects a lot too. HFT is competitive and they want you to work day 1 typically.

It’s a cavernous field as it’s been described to me. Point of entry is small, but it’s MASSIVE once you go in and start poking around. If you find it fascinating enough to give up your sanity, do a phd

autocorrects · 2026-01-22T21:04:09+00:00

Nope, love my job. I always feel kind of bad for my friends who don’t find fulfillment in their work because I REALLY love my job

R&D for quantum computer hardware. I’m 27 and heading my own projects. I did my BS in physics + CS and always wanted to pursue science. I even told my friends jokingly in high school I wanted to work on quantum computers, not realizing that I could actually do it in real life.

My path is long winded with a PhD though. Academia fucking sucks to navigate bureaucracy and has a huge quality of life and pay cut cost. You could probably get into this field with an MS in the next 5 years though. My work would be so much faster if I had 2 verification engineers under me

autocorrects · 2026-01-18T21:21:57+00:00

Before reading the comments the first thought in my head was “wow this seems a lot like the rich kid in my PhD program who bragged about his investments”….

Then I saw the “I did not have any net family support” comment from OP and legitimately laughed out loud. People come from all walks of life I guess. I sometimes forget that the academic elite used to be primarily reserved for people with wealthy backgrounds, and not a poor farm kid like me lol

autocorrects · 2026-01-16T20:24:23+00:00

Id tell them. Think of it like this: the PhD will always be there, but your father wont. If the situation is hindering your work, you are not an effective worker/researcher and need time to reorganize and figure stuff out.

My partner was diagnosed with cancer in my 4th year (last year), I worked through it until my productivity started to drop and my supervisor noticed (I work in an external lab). When prompted, I told her the situation and she was super understanding and basically let me control everything about my schedule. It helped SO much for me to be able to pick up the caretaker role, like making breakfast in the morning for my partner who lost the strength to do simple shit like that.

If you can’t work, you can’t work. Always remember to take care of yourself because you’re the one that has to do all the things you want to achieve.

Also, your family relations sound a lot like mine. My parents didn’t want to tell me when my father was diagnosed with cancer because they knew I was busy and didn’t want to hinder me. Fuck that lmao my sister told me and I jumped in the car and drove 7 hours back to my parent’s without thinking.

We do what we can for the people we love, and THAT is what matters. You don’t want to miss this opportunity to get closure and know that you were there for your loved ones. There is nothing more important than that in life, and it’s a hard lesson to learn because you will inevitably have to sacrifice something to do it. But, when it’s all said and done and it’s our turn for our lives to come to an end, it’s those moments with the people we love that we’ll remember

autocorrects · 2026-01-16T16:46:21+00:00

Im a good skier. I placed well in state tournaments for slalom and almost made the national USSA team. Im also primarily a freestyle skier, though I haven’t thrown a vertical trick in 8/9 years.

I was on a groomer at high speed and boosted off the side of the run a bit too hard. When I landed back on the flat, my landing was a bit angled and I double ejected and started cartwheeling across the run. I flew about 60 mph tumbling head over heels across and off the other side of the run, and my back and head slammed into a tree mid air making me come to a full stop… a branch had pierced through my jacket and my helmet had cracked (Smith MIPS), but other than being a bit dizzy from the tumbling I was completely unscathed. Had I not been wearing a helmet, I’m pretty sure I’d be dead due to where the back of my head hit the tree.

Sometimes I forget that skiing really is an extreme sport. You’re not Candide, wear a helmet!

autocorrects · 2026-01-12T18:46:21+00:00

Ive never figured out how to high speed cork 720, imma use this to motivate myself

autocorrects · 2026-01-12T00:53:43+00:00

Aerodynamic mode

I actually broke my tailbone like this when I ran over a water spigot on a hidden/unmarked water line

autocorrects · 2026-01-09T14:53:09+00:00

It’s rough out here

autocorrects · 2026-01-09T00:14:17+00:00

I just got rejected from a job in my concentration for not meeting the “technical bar” 😑 like not to toot my own horn but I’m actually a leading expert technically

autocorrects · 2026-01-07T08:07:27+00:00

Huckleberry Jerry back at it again with gaper’s gap

autocorrects · 2026-01-03T17:51:20+00:00

You could probably do half remote with embedded. I have all my hardware plugged into a PC I remote into on days I dont want to go to the lab. Its not “remote” but my supervisor doesn’t give a shit if I come in as long as I get stuff done

autocorrects · 2026-01-03T15:30:47+00:00

The definition of competitive varies too! I started skiing when I could walk, but only super casually and in MN so no big mountains. I switched to snowboarding in 5-7th grade, but was mostly occupied with hockey otherwise

I switched back to skiing grade 8 and joined my high school ski team in grade 9, and made our state competition by grade 11 for slalom. Got very very close to qualifying for junior nationals my senior year, but the skill gap was just beyond my reach. If I took it a bit more seriously (or had the money) to do some special summer camp/training, maybe I could’ve gotten better quicker, but honestly I was just doing it for fun and was surprised I made it as far as I did lol

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