I'm looking for a career option that combines my love for

>>832412
Start working on your doctorate and have that as your thesis project and try to get funded.

Are you even in college for undergrad electrical engineering or physics yet?

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>>832427
Yes, actually. Electrical engineering. I love the material, but so far I don't see it coinciding much with my other big interests.

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>>832412
Keep your career separate from your hobbies.
Once you're paid for a hobby, it stops being a hobby and starts being a job.

EE here. It pays well, and I work for a great company. Get to play with all sorts of neat equipment.

I enjoyed amateur radio. Did some contract work in the two-way/paging field, fairly big deployment/upgrade. That job completely killed radio as a hobby for several years, i'm only now getting back into it. Still do some of that work, but it's MUCH less than what I did before, and sometimes the work I do commercially coincides with supporting amateur networks.

Also enjoy snowmobiling. Got a lot of days/miles on a sled last season. Started picking up sponsorships. Having the experience from the radio gig, I'm treading a fine line between keeping sledding a hobby and it turning into a job. Really enjoy the work I do in that field, and it's done for a good cause, but there are times it's a hell of a lot of work and starts to feel like a job.

But I get a lot of vacation from my day-job to use as I please, and that time-off is typically taken in the winter.

There are a few occasions where I get to mix hobbies with my career, and that can be a lot of fun, but I wouldn't want to turn that into my everyday job.
>tfw filing a patent on an electronic/radio product for snow safety

>>832444
>I don't see it coinciding much with my other big interests.
check'd, and the two don't have to. In fact, I've found it's better if they don't.

>>832862
I get what you mean, but I still want to know.
I have no real idea what to do with my degree once I get it.

I'm not sure what "studying lightning" even entails.