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I wanted to ask you about college majors and how you advocate most STEMs. But I think one reviewer somewhere asked what do you think of 'pure'math and science, such as theoretical physics, mathematics alone... stuff people like Feynman, Einstein and the cast of the Big Bang Theory woked in...
A BS will pay for itself, as will a master's degree, but there are too many PhDs on the market for that to pay off. Supply and demand.
Unfortunately, I hear all the interesting, Einsteiny stuff happens post-doc. But that's a more competitive world than Feynman had to deal with (\cite{Murray and Hernstein}). Tier 1 grads (Harvard and MIT) are often found working at state colleges because there are so many of them. As far as research goes, tier 2 and 3 grads may as well not exist. They should expect to do bitchwork in a corporate office like everyone else.
Well-paid bitchwork, because they know math, but bitchwork nonetheless. And a far cry from CERN. Adjust your job expectations according to the glut of STEM PhDs from MIT.
Again, supply, meet demand. Oh, do you already know each other?
Oct 11, 2012, 9:36:19 PM
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