<p>With a masters and possibly Ph.D in Physics, what are the typical jobs of graduates and how much do they typically get paid? Is the job outlook for physics promising?</p>
<p>Only go into physics if you feel you can be the next Albert Einstein, Richard Feynman, or Robert Oppenheimer. If not, become an engineer. Even if you’re smart enough to get an MSc or a PhD, it doesn’t matter because there hundreds of others just as smart competing with you very few positions in academia. Job prospects in industry are nonexistent, as you’ll have your resume trashed by a computer program if you it does not contain “_______ engineering”. </p>
<p>I have an MSc in physics, and I’ve been unemployed ever since graduating. My best friend has an MA and specialized in mathematical physics. He now cleans toilets for a living. Yet, another good friend of mine is a computational physicist that specialized in computational fluid dynamics. He now works as a construction worker. Both had to lie on their resume about the several year gap after high school in order to get job, and will most certainly be terminated if their employers found out about their education. </p>
<p>In short, I had much better job prospects as a high school graduate than I do as an average physicist.</p>
<p>A computational physicist who had to get work as a construction worker??</p>
<p>I mean a was computational mathematician. I am pretty sure a comp math major has a LOT of overlapping courses of a comp physics major. I have been in software engineering since I graduated over 20 years ago…never been unemployed.</p>
<p>My current manager has a Physics PHD.</p>