/sci/ - Science & Math

>>11281384
Listen here faggot! You have the most advanced degree you can get in one the hardest subjects to master from one of the best universities in the world. That alone makes you more accomplished than 99.99% of people. You may call yourself a failure, but last I checked failures don't have PhD's. I don't know what jobs you applied to, but fuck those people.

I would do some introspection and remind yourself why you decided to master physics in the first place. This may help you narrow down what jobs to apply for. I had a professor tell me that physics was the Swiss-army knife of degrees, cause it could be applied in so many different ways (medicine, economics, etc.), so don't think your options are limited. Also try searching for jobs outside of your country if you haven't already. There are lots of companies out there desperate for people with your skill set. I'd also give up on applying for jobs in academia if that's what you've been doing. They are VERY difficult to get into and industry generally pays better.

And don't worry about being out of practice. It doesn't matter how long ago you got the PhD, when employers see that it tells them two things: (a) you are brilliant and (b) you are driven, as it's no easy task to earn a doctorate's in physics. If you're feeling that rusty though, use Khan Academy or Brilliant.org to brush up on stuff. I'd also recommend Code Academy to master programming. They have a full comp sci course that you can complete in a few months and that skill will take your degree to another level. I knew a guy with a master's in physics that learned coding and is now making 1/2 a mill a year as a software engineer at Microsoft.

So take that same determination that earned you a PhD and use it to achieve the job of your dreams. You may not get it right off the bat. You may have to work your way up with a company to achieve it, but I guarantee your degree will pave you a path towards it. Remember anon, defeat is a state of mind.