<p>Physics really interests me and I'd love to major in it but what would I do for a job? What do phyicists usually do for jobs? Is there a good outlook?</p>
<p>Physicists have a few options.
a) They could go into the industry, and research. You usually need a PhD for this.
b) You could go into academia. You usually need a PhD for this
c) You could work on wall street, which you don't need a PhD for. But now this optinis pretty shaky...
d) If you can't find ANYTHING, you could teach high school i guess.</p>
<p>And that's all I can think of for now.</p>
<p>Just out of curiosity....why do you make teaching a last resort? I think being a teacher is a very respectable position. My Physics teacher was one of the best teachers I ever had in high school, and she loved her job. She got to teach all fo the upperlevel students and loved coming to work everyday, and not only was she a teacher all-day, she also helped out with the theatre/fine arts department afterschool and helped with cross-country. She's a person I look up to a lot, and I find it insulting when people think of becoming a high school teacher as a joke.</p>
<p>I don't want to be a high school teacher at all. Maybe I'd like to be a college prof. but I'm not into teaching.</p>
<p>^A physics major can lead to a lot of interesting careers, even if you don't go on to get a graduate degree. See for example this physics</a> careers link. The skills of a physicist (for example, an analytical ability to sort through a complex problem) are highly useful in many areas, from physics engine hardware design to finance to medical physics.</p>
<p>What do you mean by work on wall street?</p>
<p>^^^ just that... work on wall street.</p>
<p>some shops look favorably upon a quantitative background.</p>