>your degree >your job

>>8705277
>your degree
Not yet graduated

>your job
unemployment

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>your degree
MSc in CS

>your job
Research Assistant at local university

>>8705277
degree: Business admin, focus in Computer information systems

job: sr. developer for nasa jpl mars rover

>your degree
BS in Computational Neuroscience

>your job
unemployed

>>8705277
Civil Engineer > Civil Engineer

>physics/electrical engineering double b.s

>satellite development at space x in redmond

>>8705277
>your degree
Women's gender studies
>your job
Particle physicist at CERN

>your degree
Ph.D in Mathematics
>your job
300k starting
Any job I want

>>8705277
M.Sc. in biology
Unembloyed :DDD

>>8705277
>/ourdegree/
physics
>your job
Research engineer in machine learning

>your degree
physical chemistry

>your job
research assistant/depressed waste of space

Major in maths minor in baking
NEET

>>8705277
>no degree
>farmer
Im studying ecology and do slot of field biology.
Soon I'll have the resources to do the research I want to do and the ability to hire peers to teach me how to do it.
Have fun with your jobs you dipshits

Neat neating

Civil engineering
Civil engineer

Go figure

BS Mathematics
Unemployed

>no degree
>neet

Fucked up secondary edu had profound consequences

mol bio (bsc)

research associate

>>8705277
>B.Sc. Biochemistry
>im an inorganic chemistry graduate student working on an organometallics / materials engineering project. I do research for below minimum wage and I TA despite absolutely hating teaching.

>>8705277
>B.S. in biology
>now pursuing an M.S. in embedded systems

I wish I would have found /sci/ when I first went to college, because I could have avoided my meme degree in biology

>>8706938
Welcome to grad school enjoy your stay and try not to kill yourself before you graduate and certainly not before you publish. Your PI and university would particularly hate that.

>>8705277
>your degree
only did highschool
>your job
unemployment

>>8705277
>your degree
Mixology

>your job
Bartender

MSc Environmental Science,

Intergrate disciplines in 'virtual laboratories', to disseminate patterns in nature. Don't have a job title that matches my work. But i get referred to as "The Sam".

So I am a Sam.

>Meeting
>We have a problem we want to examine
>Sam, do you want to work on this
>"ok? "
>Dissappears for 3 months
> Here is a model that examines the issue with our current knowledge from journals.
>What does this all mean
>I don't know, but the color bar makes it looks pretty.

>>8705568
How does your degree pertain to machine learning?

>B.Sc. in information >science and trade degree
>welder

>working on that EE degree
>IT network operations dude

Feels good to make more money than the other faggoty college kids that bitch about working at Starbucks.

>>8707528
https://www.wired.com/2017/01/move-coders-physicists-will-soon-rule-silicon-valley/

>Applied physics undergrad
>research assistant

What can I even do with this except research or teach?

>>8705277
>Bachelors in Pure Mathematics

>Junior Programmer

>>8707654

Cool meme

>BSc Biochemistry
>Lineworker

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>BSc in EE

>Software developer doing embedded stuff

Still in university, studying biomedical engineering.

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>>8705277
>your degree
mechanical engineering

>your job
i come into work at around 8:30. i drink my coffee and read the news till around 10. then i make some phone calls and answer emails for about an hour and then i go to lunch for a minimum of 90 minutes. i live close to work, so i often go home to fuck my wife and take a nap during this time. i do all my actual work in a few hours in the late afternoon, which mostly consists of spreadsheets and paperwork. i will always spend the last 45 minutes of the day working on personal projects and will walk out the door no later than 4:50 in the afternoon.

for this i get paid 80k$ a year with great benefits.

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>>8705277
>plumber
>plumber

>>8707690
>writes a whole paragraph
>doesn't even end up saying what his job is
Great job.

>>8705277
>Degree
Chemical engineer
>Job
Rent boy, my job satisfaction is though the roof

>>8707695
i work for the federal government. i thought i made that clear.

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>>8705358

>>8707567
Every single douchebag that I've ever met that works in IT/networking boasts about the money they make and I come to find out it's like $20 an hour.

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>>8705277
>your degree
Lol High School, college is for brainlets
>you're job
Owner of a multi Billion dollar science business and professional mom fucker

>>8707700
That is not a job description. That is an employer description.

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>>8705277

>your degree
none

>your job
none

>>8707706
Hey in my defense I only lord it over the nerds that work IT for the University making $8/hr and english majors making $10/hr. I make enough money to survive comfortably and that's it. I agree though, professional IT people are fucking faggots (source: I work with them and they shame me for actually going to college). I know my meager $20/hr isn't hot shit.

>>8707711
my official title is Operations Manager. thats not really going to help you either.

>>8705456
same here.

>>8707717
Sorry to attack you mate, I've just caught a lot of shit from a lot of IT faggots telling me I'm wasting time in my CompEng degree.

>>8707700
You described basically every office job ever.

>>8707670
It is. The pay is cool too.

>>8707728
You're good dude, no joke IT fucking blows, I just banked on an internship and turned it into a full time job while I try to get my EE BS. My new job is miles better though because I haven't mentioned I'm going to college yet, /nocollege/ brainlets can be quite judgmental.

>>8707728
Holy shit, you let IT monkeys make you feel bad about computer engineering?

>>8707769
It's easy to feel that someone is right when you see them getting a paycheck and you're still sludging through undergrad, anon.

>>8707752
really? all the guys i graduated with are grinding 60+ hours a week for consulting firms.

>your degree
Double B.Sc, physics+chemistry
>your job
MSc, Chemical Physics
Got my first pub in 3 months :^)

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>>8707820
All those degrees just to open a pub? I bet with those Chemical engineering degrees you brew a good beer. :^)

>>8705277
>your degree
DDM
>your job
Unemployed,doing unpaid internship.

College freshman here
Is a double major in biomedical engineering and physics a good idea

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>>8707867
GPA is everything. don't let anyone here tell you differently. its better to just get one degree with a good GPA than to try for a double major and get an okay GPA.

baby your GPA to the point of dropping classes and extending your graduation date if you have to. don't burn out or overload. set your ambitions on a getting into a good grad school.

>>8707881
that's bullshit. i had a 3.9 in mechanical engineering and couldn't find a job.

>>8707885
you're just too autistic then

>>8707881

Actually kind of false

I'm not sure if its publicly available but one of my sociology teachers posted a study by one of his GTA's that showed negligible call-back rates (for job applications) between a B+ and an A average student

>>8707885
your 3.9 is getting your resume in the door. you don't even make it past the computer if its less than 3.5 for most positions.

>>8707904
my overall point was that its better to get a great GPA by going slow and chewing a little bit at a time than it is to go HAM and try to cram 18 credits per semester on a double major program and potentially fucking yourself.

>>8707912

That's true, unless you have a specialized career path in mind where you'd be maxing your potential with both degrees

>>8707917
there is nothing a double major is going to give you that grad school won't imo. with the amount of work you have to do for a double BS, you can just get the damn MS. i can understand if school is just a breeze for you, but if you actually have to exert yourself in college then double majors just don't make sense to me.

>>8707922
The freshman here, I want to receive a medical degree from an Ivy League school. In my opinion I would have the greatest advantage if I went HAM along with some extracurriculars

>>8707670
autistic code monkey btfo

>>8707958

If you think Physics is better preparing you for a career in software than CS, my only conclusion can be that you are a meme and pretending you know what you're talking about

>>8705277
>>your degree
Applied Mathematics
>>your job
Software engineer

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>>8705277
>bachelor's of science in biology, minor in health
>unemployed

the only jobs I've gotten related to my job are tutoring related which suck

>all these people with no degrees

I know /sci/ is all about self-learning but come on, if you don't have atleast a bachelor's (or equivalent trade certificate) you're the real brainlet.

>>8707885
you probably applied to like four local companies and gave up when you didn't hear back.

>>8707964
you're just mad that you wasted 4+ years of your life on a boring as fuck degree that only trained you how to deeply tongue your boss's great big fat anus

>>8707663
Defense industry. Physicists do well there.

>>8707969
>biology
what did you expect when you picked the most over saturated stem degree
was your gpa mediocre?

>>8707885
I always wonder when people say this retarded shit if it's true.

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>>8707977
fuckin' this.

>ME friend complains about not finding a job
>"man, i applied to like TWENTY places and didn't hear back"
>mfw over 200 applications over 2 semesters and at least a dozen interviews before i got an offer i liked

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>>8707985

the anti-CS bitterness on this board is endlessly entertaining

these aren't even sour grapes it's motherfucking sour watermelons

>>8708001
yep. if you're limiting yourself geographically or only applying to a few jobs, don't fucking complain. this isn't the 80s. Job searching is hard now

>no degree
>supermarket
feelsbad

>>8708011
i mean, at least cs isn't as bad a fucking civil engineering

>>8708013
i think its mostly an entitlement thing. new grads don't understand that they aren't done paying dues yet.

>>8708027
probably. and I get it, not gonna lie. if you bust ass and do well during your bachelors, then it totally makes sense to get frustrated when employment doesn't come easy.
unfortunately the reality is that it isn't that easy.

>>8707899
i managed to get into a phd program, but i guess autism might help in that.

>>8707977
>>8708013
i sent out over a hundred applications, including in states like alaska and north dakota, i.e. where no one wants to live. the only calls back i got were from third party recruiting companies that were trying to fill jobs that pay 40-50k in high cost of living areas.

>>8708047
you have a 3.9 gpa in ME and applied to over 100 positions, and got nothing?

i dont believe you

>>8708056
it's true. granted that i graduated in 2013 so the market was worse than it supposedly is now, but it's true. i didn't have internships, but i did undergraduate research so it's not like my resume was bare either.

i honestly think that one of the biggest things that worked against me is that i'm a white immigrant from a non-english speaking country. i didn't fit in with the good old boys' club, and due to being white i didn't qualify as a """diversity""" hire either. i'm seeing the same thing in grad school. scholarships/fellowships for worse performing students in better financial standing than me simply because their skin is darker than mine.

i might just move out of the US after grad school, because i'm tired of being denied opportunities due to my background and the color of my skin.

>PhD in math
>job entails measuring the diameter of pizzas and then adding sauce

>>8708082
>not a US citizen
there's your problem, and thats why you were getting low ball offers.

>>8708000
it probably is because of >>8707977 or >>8707899

>>8705277
bachelor math
NEET

these days I just wonder how I should off myself

>>8708082
>i didn't have internships
fuck everything else

this is why you didn't get any job offers. companies don't care about undergraduate research. only grad schools care about that. you don't have any real-world experience. as far as every company you applied to is concerned, your resume is bare. that's why you're not getting hired.

what kind of shit-can university did you go to that didn't require an internship as part of its graduation requirements?

>>8705594
>minor in baking
That's pretty neat anon.
[spoiler]I would just play that up as much as possible if I could.[/spoiler]

>>8707667
>Junior Programmer
how'd you land that one anon, it's the area I want to break into coming from math as well

>>8708106
didn't you learn any mathematical equations you can use towards suicide?

>>8708108
>tfw university doen't require internships, co-ops, or REUs as part of graduation requirements for any STEM major
it is quite the shit-can

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>>8708143
Neither did mine.
>be a better student than 90% of the graduating class
>wanted to graduate "on time"
I wish I could just do life over again.

>>8705568
>Research engineer in machine learning

And I'm a bio mathematician in orbital mechanics

>>8708095
where did i say i'm not a US citizen? i have been a US citizen at this point for longer than i lived in the country that i was born.

>>8708108
yeah, that's why i originally said that the "GPA is everything" advice is bullshit. i used to believe it, until it came time to find a job and i realized just how wrong i was.

also, speaking realistically here, internships are fuck all in terms of "real-world experience." i talked to some of my peers about what they did in their internships, and quite frankly i got more out of undergraduate research than they did from their internships. however, in reality, it's as you said internships trump undergrad research.

>degree
MSc in pure math
>job

>>8708160
>than i lived in the country that i was born.
nobody hires immigrants lol

>>8705277
>dual major CS and Japanese
>embedded systems software developer
living the dream

>>8708123
I simply applied for a job for which I had all the qualifications.

So simply focus on learning the most modern tools that companies will be using: visual studio, C#, Java, etc. and then look for job openings and start playing programmer bingo. Then send your resume to the companies for which you have all or most of the requirements.

Yes, this implies a lot of self study.

>>8708160
Recruitment is all sorts of fucked up. Doesn't matter you lose sleep over extracurricular projects, hiring prefers the guy who "worked" at a company because they know what "work" is supposed to be like even if all they did was install Joomla plugins.

>>8708167
So why the fuck do people complain about immigrants again.

>>8708173
how many jobs did you apply to?
i have C, C++ and Java down for the big business stacks and I'm getting JS down before i pick a framework for hippier companies (and i have other scripting and logic languages). i'm not getting many hits.
it's been over a year since i graduated and i'm getting concerned i have little time left to "study" before no one wants me at all

>>8708181
>how many jobs did you apply to?

Just 1, this company. That said, I interned for this company while still a student and I did many months of literal unpaid work while juggling my studies. That is why I got a job immediately, I already had the connection that I earned through slavery.

>C, C++ and Java
Coincidentally I also know these languages and the work I do is so far away from them it is a bit ridiculous. I think that the only people who get to do work in C are actual computer engineers so going to JS is a good move but again I repeat, C#.

> i'm not getting many hits.
How many companies have you tried already?

>>8708172
haha fucking weeb and computer science, that's double the autism

>>8707906
>don't even make it past the computer with a 3.5
That just false, they don't give a shit as long as its above 3. After that its just prior work experience.

>your degree
Power Engineering Bsc
Mechanical Engineering Msc
>your job
Production Engineer at 500+ emplyees factory

>>8708195
>80k a year
>single irl, no expenses on others
>spend all cash living comfy and in my hobbies, with real estate investment plans to retire at age 45
>sexually and emotionally pleased thanks to my waifus
>live a happy and exciting life both at work and in my hobbies
hard work pays off buddy

>>8708167
>nobody hires white immigrants lol
ftfy

>>8708214
all i can see are ">self-delusions that cover my inner pains"

>>8708236
The waifus I perceive through electromagnetic waves and allocate into my long term memory are no different to those of a "real" human in principle.
To my brain both are a form of data, so why not choose the more convenient one that will actually make me happy and free and/or ease my pain?

>>8708192
C is pretty nifty for hacking on low level stuff and i have contributions in it on my github, but i guess you're right
welp time to get a Windows computer, any resources you recommend?

stopped counting since december so 135 applications plus another 50 or so?

>>8708235
do asians even get hired or just pajeets and chinese who already have connections anyway

>>8708313
>i have contributions in it on my github

This is something you could use to your advantage in a general setting. Don't use it to get a C job because that is almost impossible, use it to show the fact that you have experience producing real, working code. Do you have this in your resume?

> time to get a Windows computer,
What OS have you been using until now?

>stopped counting since december so 135 applications plus another 50 or so?

That shit is gloomy man. Hopefully it gets better.

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>tfw Trump cucked me out of a job with his hiring freeze

>Maths PhD
>non-unionized teacher

>>8708319
chinese get fucked over. jungle asians, like pinoys, and pajeets generally seem to be able to jump on the diversity train. problem with pajeets though is the insane nepotism. once they get in there will be more hired in short order.

>>8708159
>Job title:
Research engineer
>Field:
Machine Learning

Sorry you haven't mastered googling, yet.

>>8707964
I think physics is better than CS in general, but you're definitely right; CS is a glorified software dev/engineering degree, and if you want to be a graduate software dev/engineer for the rest of your life, you can go right ahead and do CS.

No degree
neet
Time to kill myself, I am a true failure

>>8708011
There are 10 kinds of people on this board. Those who study CS, and those who also understand the joke because they did some programming on the side while they studied a real degree.

>>8708438
go to community college? if you somehow have to pay out of pocket in your country you are fucked

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>>8708438
just be yourself bro

>major
Chemical engineering
>Job
Chemical Engineering Grad Student

Go figure

Associates in Advanced Manufacturing

Machinist.

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>>8708799
oh, and I had a paid internship in school, and had a job before I left.

Now my company is paying half my education bill while i work towards an engineering degree. I do some process engineering on the side.

You faggots can argue all you want about engineering and mathematics, but eventually, somebody has to make some fucking parts.

>>8708815
ayy. i was in your same spot. get that mech eng degree my man. once you couple your experience with that diploma the whole game changes in ways you can't imagine.

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>Degree
Communications with a journalism focus

>Job
Working up the courage to shoot myself soon

>>8707693
How much do you make? Mike Rowe told me that you're doing better than anyone with a bachelors degree.

>>8708821
Thanks buddy.
Theres a lot of retarded engineers with no real world expirience, I hope I dont become one.
>>8707693
I know plumbers in alaska that make <100k a year
i guess the key is stick with it till you can own your own business

>>8708842
on a per hour basis, trades are very competitive with bachelor degree holders.

you don't get a STEM degree for the money, you get a STEM degree for the perks and the smug satisfaction of not being a blue collar pleb.

>>8707029
same cept medically retired

>>8708853
yeah the perk of slaving away for your jew boss for decades instead of starting your own company.

>>8708842
"better" in terms of sheer dollars earned, but stuck being a brainlet pleb your whole life is worse than having a bit of extra money.

>>8708842
Mike Roe is a fucking faggot

>hurrrr dont do what you like and are good at you goy, play with other people's feces for a living or else you're a snowflake

>>8705483
kek

>>8708887
>not wiping shit all over your face and pretending it makes you masculine

ur gay

>>8705277
MSc Financial Mathematics
>unemployed

>>8708868
most engineers with a few years under their belt do consulting work on the side, particularly if they have a PE.

you seem to think that working as a white collar professional is in any way as rough as what tradesmen have to do. most of my peers only work 2-3 hours a day and spend the rest fucking off or "networking" at the olive garden.

>majoring in French and want to major in a stem
How is civil engineering? What is best engineering?

>>8708936
Civil is in a boom period, at least here in the US.

Mechanical and Electrical are pretty bomb proof and allow a lot of flexibility/lateral mobility.

Chemical is in the toilet because the oil/gas industry is down.

anything else is a meme tier specialization that fucks you right up the ass if your industry goes in a slump (i'm looking at you Petroleum & Biomedical)

None, aaaaaaand oh look, none.

kill me

None
Dog bather

>>8708905
a'ight what the fuck
how is this shit possible, fucking christ mathematicians are not long for this world

>>8708928
>>8708868
yeah the whole "start" your own company thing is actually a lot more feasible in a trade

>roommate was studying welding
>such a lazy prick that he couldn't bring himself to go to his one class that is held twice a week
>still eligible for certification
effort does not equal reward at all

>>8708985
If you didn't bother with postseconday completely that's not a bad place to be in. A lot of people go into "promising" majors, spending all their money or taking loans along the way. On the other hand, if you spent on an attempt, I'm sorry things didn't work out.

PhD in Theoretical Physics
Barista

>>8709060
>>8709073
I refuse to believe these aren't shitposts

Pure Mathematics
I work at an engineering firm as a mid-shift janitor

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>>8705277

>MSc Organic chemistry
>research fellow at NIH

>>8705277
>Graduate in Telecommunication engineering
>Infrastructure support engineering aka slavery in a rotative 24/7 shift job

Although, i would like to work in a mobile network company, i read LTE books when i have time
>>8707773
Fucking this
I dont blame you anon. I hope you can find a better job

B.S in Computer Engineering, work as a Software Engineer in the embedded controls space (auto industry.)

>2nd year physics major/chem minor

>research assistant for some optometrists
It's not amazing, but it's a pretty good start I think.

>>8707683
Tell me more about those embebbed stuff anon

>>8708928
yeah, let me know how your engineering consulting business works out.

meanwhile most blue collar workers are barely human, so if you're even half decent you'll have more work than you'll know what to do with.

>Your degree
5th

>Your job
Exponential

BSc Biochem

Biopharma Scientist

>>8705277
>your degree
Ms in electrical engineering.
bachelor's in business Management.
>your job
Chief Electrical engineer. $150,000.
I also bought a couple of local franchise businesses and bring in a profit of $300,000.

I am married to a model and I have 4 children all in private schools.

>>8705483
How true is this meme?

>>8705277
>your degree
MS in Mathematics
>your job
Financial Analyst

>>8710107
0%

>Electrical Engineering

>VHSIC/ASIC dev

i make about $80k doing logic programming in vhdl with four years of experience, not bad

>>8710239
>"doing logic programming in vhdl"

>tfw I want to do VLSI design and full-custom lay out transistors by hand in MAGIC but will probably just end up semi-custom and writing VHDL in Quartus II with a bunch of pajeets

>>8709991
>Ms in electrical engineering.
>bachelor's in business Management.
you made it too obvious, too early.

>BSc Chemistry
>Unemployed
I have to grind through the MSc to get a decent job. Should've never studied this shit...

>>8708214
Good post anon, I'm ugly as fuck and your life is literally my goal. Just tired of being poor and hungry, and I think computer science is cool enough that I won't want to kill myself on day 1

>your degree
B.S. Microbiology
>your job
Quality technician (for a pharmaceutical company)
$24/hour

I'm very lucky and even though the work is backbreaking it's better than most get.

I have a BA in English but rather than wasting my life and becoming a barista I've decided I need to get a STEM degree for job satisfaction/life satisfaction.

Not looking for a meme career but what is considered a good industry to gear yourself towards? What degree is most recommended?

(I am already taking courses in math & science so am actually interested in this)

>>8707881
tfw your school doesn't award grades so I don't have a GPA and im grinding 20+ credit hours every semester

>>8708815
nobody is arguing that. we're arguing that someone smart enough to do physics, math, or engineering can easily do what you do and you are replaceable.

>Certificate of Higher Education
>unemployable

>too smart to have healthy attention span
What is a good excuses based career? Spin doctor?

>>8708947
but lots of pajeets do electrical and get work visas here so electrical actually gets fucked in the ass. mechanical doesn't, but have fun working in some factory in the middle of nowhere inspecting parts or being a CAD monkey.

>>8705628
I what is your interest, may I ask?

>degree
none yet
>job
electrical engineer

>>8705277
>your degree
Bsc Psychology
>your job
Teacher K-6

>electrical engineer
...
>electrical engineer

BS Aerospace Engineering
Simulation/Software engineer at a major aerospace defense company.

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>>8705277
>your degree
Bachelor of Commerce - Economics and Information Systems majors.
>your job
Research Interviewer for a longitudinal Drug Study

>>8715293
How is that as a career? I'm going into that major next semester.

Masters in chemistry

Desk job in the agricultural sector

>>8707690
>my job
>marketing and sales

>>8715333
I've only been out of school for a few months now, but so far my job lines up fairly well with my interests and is way less stressful than school, coworkers are great, pay is good, etc etc. School was hell and getting a clearance was ass, but I couldn't be happier now.

East Asian Studies
Data Scientist

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Physics
I'm a software engineer

Physics was a mistake, I've fought like hell to get to where I am.

Not yet in college, but I want to do computer science.

>>8715464
Sorry to hear that. Many physicists do fine after graduation though. I'm not sure if some people struggle to find jobs because they're looking in the wrong places, or they had poor grades, or they just struggle at interview...

Physics phd
Huffington post journalist
200k/year

>tfw your two favorite topics are almost completely unrelated

e-economics and meteorology, anybody?

>>8705363

I blame you for all our civil problems

>>8708019

this man speaks the truth

>>8705277
>your degree
math msc

>your job
literally 4 branches at my company fighting over me

>>8705277
MS EE

Autonomous cars research engineer

>>8715878
>physicists

having a bachelors in physics doesn't make you a physicist

>>8716532
Are you making it rain?

>Degree
BFA in Film Scoring/Musical Composition

>job
Bicycle Mechanic/shop owner

At least I don't have loans to pay off.
>which is good, because I don't make enough to pay them off if I had to.

>>8716871
"Physicist" isn't a protected term. I understand what you mean, but let's not be autistic about it.

MSc in environmental engineering

Work as a 'data scientist' (glorified programmer with statistics... My education pretty much has nothing to do with it)

>Your degree
None
>Your job
Poker

My goal is to become a biochemist.

I just wish I wouldn't have skipped so much of the basic stuff in school...

>>8706876
No shit

>>8717366
Sounds like you're a data engineer. A data scientist is a glorified statistician with programming.

>>8708442
Is it possible to be more babby than you?

>>8705277
>your degree
BS in Women's studies

>your job
Comp Sci Professor at local university

btw can someone explain recursion to me? I have to give a lecture on it tomorrow, but it doesn't make any sense to me.

>>8717245
He means your not a physicist unless you work as a physicist.

Having a physics degree doesn't make you a physicist.

>Nuclear Engineering
>Physicist

>>8717533
And "physicist" isn't a protected term. I understand what you mean, but let's not be autistic about it.

>>8717450
You could be a CS student.

>>8717566
I don't see why you're fixated on the whole protected term thing. There are shit tier jobs you can get with a high school diploma with the title of "engineer" but that's a "protected" term.
If you don't work in physics, you're not a physicist.

>>8710239
Do you enjoy it? It seems interesting to me but I couldnt get the hang of coding in VHDL. Might take a couple more courses on it tho.

>>8717575
It's not a protected term, so anyone can call themselves a physicist. You might call people who work in physics actual physicists, but in this case, I've heard actul physicists refer to physics grads as physicists. There's no point at which you become a "physicist"; maybe you had an undergraduate degree in physics and did a PhD in chemistry, and now you work in materials science... Are you a physicists or a chemist? Does the distinction even matter? Certainly for the point:
>Many physicists do fine after graduation though.
It does not matter, as it is clear what is meant.
Therefore, "physicist" isn't a protected term. I understand what you mean, but let's not be autistic about it.

>law
>lawyer
Woah

>Degree
Nanotechnology Msc

>Job
Work for a wafer stepper producing company, I am looking into the fabrication processes, making 78k a year

>>8705277
>Degree
Construction Management

>job
Oversee mexicans building shit all over the americas

>>8715448
hahaha no one replied faggot

>>8720204
wait

>>8705277
>your degree
high school
>your job
bagger, gopher, and fixer at a grocery store
I'm working on a side project though

>Degree
B.S. in Physics, B.A. in Math
>Job
No job; gonna start going to a different university to work towards PhD come Fall.

>>8711292
which school

>>8705377
how's the workload
i've had 15h/6-7days a week at the launch complex

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>>8705277
>EE electrical circuit design
>unemployed
literally 0 calls
really make me want to kms

>>8705456
Yep, classic. Same here

>>8720496
pajeet has your job

>>8717245
no, you clearly don't. having a bachelors degree in physics doesn't give you the right to call yourself a physicist. you'll be laughed at.

>>8706994
>I wish I would have found /sci/

What a fucking retarded brainwashed autist you are

>>8707133
What do you learn in your degree?

>>8720530
I do and every normie thinks I'm fucking smart

So go fuck yourself

>>8705277
>your degree
Memechanical Engineering
>your job
404

>>8720212
:^)

Seriously though, my feelings are sort of hurt. Bunch of faggots.

>>8720580
>>8720580
why do you care about what normies think you dumb fuck

>your degree
12 years of military service, now active reserve ranked
Dipl. Ing. Systemengineering '05
B. Sc physics '10
M. Sc physics '13
Dr. rer. Nat. physics '16
Expert in plasmaphysics, virtual quantum models, cissp and stuff
>your job
Head of research department for a electric utility company
>education debt
None

>>8720530
Right, but "physicist" isn't a protected term. I understand what you mean, but let's not be autistic about it.

>>8720765
Same reason you wear your pants to your job.

What's a good degree after BMen? Like medicine physics PhD, MD or something with medicine?

>your degree
medicine
>your job
doctor in a very knwon hospital in Atlanta
~$400k

>your degree
MA in political science

>your job
Public Policy Manager

>>8705277
Master's Degree in physics
unemployed

>>8707696
where did you go for college? what classes did you take

>>8711301
>but have fun working in some factory in the middle of nowhere inspecting parts

that sounds comfy as fuck

help me

>your degree
3rd year of CS/Math
>your job
Compiler Design Engineer

>>8716463
If you're serious, I'm genuinely curious about how you got yourself into that position. I'd like to do something journalism related but at the same time I think it would be retarded of me to go all in and get a communications degree.

>>8705277

MS Aerospace Engineering

Aerospace Engineer

>>8705277
>your degree
BSc Biochemistry

>your job
Technical lead Downstream development for a CMO

>>8705277

>european history
>10yrs NEET

>>8705277
>Applied math major (in progress)
>unemployed

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>>8708880
>he unironically believes this
the plumber is going to father your kids you imbecile

>your degree
BS in math

>your job
Grad student. It's honestly great if you don't care about social status or money. I make plenty enough to live alone and go out a few nights a week. I get to spend time pumping out papers with my friends. Would recommend.

>>8721763
MS aerospace
Electrical and Control Engineer, lul

>>8705277
>Degree
Mining Engineering
>Job
Geo-mechanical engineer/slope stability engineer

>>8721358
You work at Grady? How many niggers come in from being shot a night?

>your degree
B.S. in Food Science
>your job
Head brewer at an experimental pilot brewery for a large brewing conglomerate. Thinking about going back to school for Masters degree.

>>8706994
not sure if you'll read this anon but I'm in the same exact position except I'm not gonna pursue a masters cause I'm burnt out from school
>BS Biology
>Mechanic

>>8722469
I have always wondered if /sci/ considers Food Science a real field or a meme degree.

>>8705277
>Junior computer science student

>Internship this summer pays 24$/hr doing application development for a financial company

Really want to get into embedded systems though, I think I'm gonna go to grad school for computer engineering

>>8708313
> time to get a Windows computer
if you are using some sort of unix/linux and you are already good in c and c++ you could also learn yourself some qt and target embedded software companies.

i got a msc in cs and work as embedded developer. most of the time it's silly hmi programming. i hope i can hop onto one of robotic companies in my area soon....

>>8716463
>Huffington post
>journalist

pick one

>>8722663
Do you know what kind of things those robotics companies look for specifically? I'm still in undergrad but looking to go into something similar trying to see where I should focus my efforts.

>>8722682
the company i'm hawking at the moment is looking for :
- realtime linux
- ROS (robot operating system, a meta os slapped over a linux system)
- c++, qt(only for hmi)
- knowledge in self localization and mapping algorithms (SLAM)
- knowledge in sensor data fusion

they are creating autonomous service robots...

source : ex-coworker now working at the company (this guy is top notch he also teaches robotics at the local uni), actual co-worker in my office who worked in the autonomous robotics field as researcher....

>Degree
Some econ shit I flunked

>Job
Code monkey

All I wanted is to work on my autistic projects, why the fuck did I get this fucking job

geology>geologist

>>8706938
I wish I could tell you it gets better, but you just trade one suffering for another as you ascend the "ladder".

>MSc Electrical engineering and BSc in mathematics
>Raytheon

Get paid too much to make lasers and sensors. 8/10 would blow up Muslims again

>>8706938

Are you my TA in orgo at UCSD

I have a question I'm not sure if anyone here would be able to answer.

How important is it to have a degree that matches the work you'll be doing? Like, if I were to have a degree in neuroscience or bioinformatics, would I be at a disadvantage trying to get a basic field ecology job compared to someone with a degree in environmental science or ecology, even though the first 2 degrees are more prestigious?

Basically I don't want to box myself into either a degree that's not prestigious enough (environmental science) or one that's too specific (neuroscience) to find work in other fields when I'm equally mixed on which to pursue.

>>8723243
>not prestigious enough
You need to take a break from /sci/.

>>8723246
The funny thing is, this is probably my 4th time coming here in 4-5 years, and maybe my 3rd post ever. I hear the focus on prestige a lot from other bio majors who blame their lack of employability on having too easy or too general of a degree, and it's gotten to me.

I'm paying for my education out of pocket, so my biggest concern is being 50-60k in the hole with a degree that either has shit jobs, or no jobs at all, and no possibility of exploring other related fields.

Chemical Engineering

I work at fucking Best Buy

Chem Eng is a meme, especially if you didn't go to a top 5

>>8722663
yeah i run a bunch of machines running various distros of linux
>qt
i remember qtwebkit taking an atrociously long time to build on my daily driver all to run a google app and it left a bad impression, hopefully the rest of the framework isn't as awful

cheers

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If Mathematicians are so smart why can't they figure out how to get a job?

>>8723253
If you're worried about that, get a degree in something that involves math

>>8705277
GED
President of the United States

>>8705358
Did you like your degree?

>>8705277
student
about 37°C

>>8723262
Oh fuck.
If I have an internship, am I probably fine?
I know the field is hurting right now, but you've got me spooked.
I'm at Rose-Hulman so that's probably good enough

>>8705568
...
What school?

Uhhhhhh I hope I dont know you

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>>8709366
I work for a defense company. Still kind of an intern, only do three 8-hour days a week, other two days, I'm at the university.

At the moment, I develop software for a portable tablet-like device intended for nuclear power plant workers/swat-teams/soldiers.

Most of what I do is C, had to do C++ for qt the last few weeks, did not work out.

>>8723403
wrong order

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Hello /sci/
I'm currently studying medicine, and 99% of the study comes down to mindless memorization.

Got some memorization strategies other than "Visualizing it"?

>>8723801
fucking wrong thread, no bully please

>>8723490
Michigan

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I'm starting at a new company and, since I have time energy and bring value, I want to climb up the hierarchy.

At this office, it's a small team of about 15 people.
I want to play together well with all the different people there - a fairly diverse bunch - and so it seems reasonable to try and understand their motivations and dedications. But I don't want to take the colleague profiling too far also.
How do I keep track of all the difference personalities and not wrongly step on someones feet and, on the other hand, how to avoid not standing out.

Anybody got tips and experience?

bimp

>>8705354
same here.

>>8723813

biometrics?

>>8705360
What is compneuro even about? Isn't it just fancy simulating?

>>8708273

>help me pls, the post

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All these biologybros saying they cant find jobs really scares the shit out of me. Gonna be deciding on my diplomal thesis which will also serve as my master's, I really want to study neurobiology but dunno if i should pick something more secure jobwise like medical microbiology in case I can't land a research job after my phd

>>8723801
here's a tip

>get a concerta prescription

>>8723243
im on the same boat desu, i think a biochem or biochem engineering degree has much more general applicability if you want an umbrella degree

>>8726001
code neural pathway simulators?

sounds awful specific desu

bs in electro automation (is this really obscure?)

i worked in oil

getting an msc now because oil is sleeping.

BEng in EE (telecommunications engineering)
Research assistant at research institute, Masters student

>>8707700
Hahaha i get the joke.

>>8705277

>degree
B.A. in Biological Sciences

>job
Quality assurance lab technician

Pretty much I test if surgical products made from donated tissue fall within certain specifications.

>>8726498
how much do you make? country?

>>8705277
>your degree
economics

>your job
real estate
earning about $362 million a year
also potus

>>8726631
>economics

kek

>>8705277
If you had to advise an adult learner who's wanting to go back to college at 23 on which degree to earn, what would it be?

Before I dropped out, I was studying computer science. I'm interested in pharmacology, but I've heard that many people who study it take the test to become a licensed pharmacist since the job outlook is terrible, even with a PhD.

Being 23, I'm just looking for something that will allow me to live /comfy/ after four years, and has room for me to grow if I desire to get my Masters / PhD in the field.

> your degree
BS in Microbiology

>your job
PhD student in infectious disease

>>8726660
well depends if you want a shitload of math or not.

if you do, i'd suggest some sort of engineering. or if you really love life sciences, biochem with a good masters is a good combo i think

>>8726660
>I'm just looking for something that will allow me to live /comfy/ after four years, and has room for me to grow if I desire to get my Masters / PhD in the field.

Get in line idiot. How vague and stupid do you have to be for that to be your entire criteria...

>AS in HVAC
>Smart relay and metering tech
Glorified IT except i can fix things at the component level and if i fuck up, things could actually explode.

>>8726610

I'm a contingent so 16$/hour, full time. I'm American

>>8726672
Chill out buddy, I wasn't being entirely honest. I agree that it would be quite idiotic for that to be my only criteria.

I just did not want to stop anyone who works in a STEM field from giving me information on what they believe as being a worthwhile job.

>>8726711
>I'm a contingent

that sucks. fucking capitalism man

>>8705277
BS in CompE and CS.
I'm a full stack software engineer at a tech unicorn.

>>8726871

I'm grateful for my position desu. I was working at a Fucking Jersey Mike's part time for 11 months before I got this job.

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>Arts & crafts high school
>Nothing

Top koko.

>>8723266
they can prove they can get a job, but its not constructive

>>8705277
General Education Diploma
Unemployed but I typically work retail as a sales associate (2 smart 4 cashier work).

>>8705277
>your degree
College graduate in industrial electronics

>your job
Gas detection service technician

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B.S. Biology, dropped out of Med school.

I managed a vet anatomy lab for 2 years and it sucked ass. The plastination was okay. I also learned mold making and modeling at that job.

Now I do landscaping and make more money.

I think I'm going to join the Air Force and try to get a science related job or maybe something medical. I am paying out the ass every month for med school loans (undergrad was full scholarship).

>>8727047
it's still at the uni's whim to leave you hanging at any second. no one should have to live with that fear

>>8727158
>dropped out of Med school

i dont get this. many people in eu drop out because uni is free, but when you actually have to pay it how the hell do you just "drop out"?

>>8705277
>your degree
PhD in Electrical Engineering from MIT
>your job
electrician

>>8727169
You don't pay all at once. If you realize after four semesters in that college isn't for you, you can still drop out and save two years of tuition.

>>8727169
I was one semester in and hated it. Decided not to waste the money. Still 30k a semester. It wasn't about effort or grades, I just didn't want to become a doctor and then hate it the rest of my life, and I saw that coming on pretty quickly. Scariest decision I have ever made but I have no regrets even though I am still trying to piece together a new plan.

>>8727180
Did you think you'd love it going into med school, or were you already having doubts?

>>8727187
I had the blind confidence of someone who had achieved most everything I had set out to do despite a lot of hurdles. Medicine just had a largely different attitude towards learning than science, and so did the other students. Working for a vet anatomy lab I noticed the same exact attitude in vet students. A lot of narcissism. I kind of like the idea of a military environment that pushes teamwork and crushes anyone's narcissism in basic training.

>>8727187
>Did you think you'd love it going into med school
but to more directly answer your question, I wanted to get an MD and apply it to my background in genetic engineering (synth bio) for specific research purposes. It was just another step I had to take. I wasn't one of those kids who say they were born to be a doctor, it was something I wanted to do and thought I had to do.

>>8727179
>>8727180

but how can you go into higher education without firmly having decided what you want to do? maybe its cause im a europoor, but i couldnt never understand how you can make a 30k per semester kind of decision so lightly

>>8727210
Part of being a senior in research science and working part time on top of it leaves you very little time to reflect on your life plans you made years ago and have followed through with. It was the logical next step in a career but it didn't work out. You can't ruminate on every decision and outcome you've ever made in your life.

>>8727269
>senir in research science
>medschool is the logical next step

no? you could have gotten a phd, there's no reason to get an m.d. unless you very specifically want to be a physician. Not judging you or anything, just really seems weird from my pov

>>8727285
wanted to get into gene therapy as a physician. Realized I would probably just treat fat people for diabetes. This was also when Obamacare was being pushed through and doctors everywhere were getting fucked in the ass. The school I was in temporarily lost accreditation the next year. My grandpa fell apart from Alzheimer's. I got shingles. My hand was mysteriously paralyzed for 6 months during the time I was in med school.

There was a lot going on, not that it is an excuse for quitting. I just hated it. Also nothing interested me enough for a phd.

>>8727285
higher education in US is horribly over saturated as it is, chasing degrees doesn't make a lot of sense unless there is something independent you can do with it. I learned enough from my last job to start an anatomy business and am working on the business model but if that falls through it's military for me.

>>8727166

I tried to crawl back to uni so hard after I graduated. Nothing I could find. The lab I just did research from got their funding cut and with the amount of undergrads clamoring to do their thesis out of there, they wouldn't let me back even if I offered to take out the trash for free.

I think we all forget that uni is an investment in knowledge and all, but investments do not come with out risk. I did a lot of things right butni also did somethings horribly wrong and I payed for them for a while. I love the field I studied and got back in touch with an advisor I lost contact with a few years ago. I told him I'm ready to resume my path towards physicianship and he promised me I could get in. So things are looking up for me now.

As for most others, the only way uni is going to take care of you is if you go back for a graduate degree. The only way out is through.

>>8719166
holy shit are you me

I graduated with my MS in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on nanoscale heat transfer and I ended up working for a satellite company in palo alto

I got an interview with space x comming up even though I wanted to get into JPL. I already know If I get this job I'll get fucked from the work-life balance but I don't care, I just want to be happy again.

I really miss nanotechnology