Hey guys, I would like to find out the job prospects for a degree in physics. Anybody graduated with a degree in physics? what type of jobs are you guys working on?


Points that I've reserached on:

engineering jobs:
-An engineer is trained to do a engineering job better than a physicist. Besides, a degree in physics is insufficient to register yourself to be a professional engineer by the board.

banks, financial instituition:
-Sure, a physics graduate might have thinking skills that are highly sought after, but, I don't think one would study physics just to work in a bank.

College, Uni's, SMK _____
-lecturers, teachers



Besides being a teacher/lecturer, anyone with a physics degree are actually doing some research attached with the government / industries? Please help out! Thanks people.

Hey, thanks for the advice.

Tachikoma, may i know what career are you heading at currently?

What about engineering jobs? Any physics friends that managed to enter the engineering field?

And isit possible to do an M.eng in electronics after a B.sc Physics?
Bunch of questions:S

thanks seantang for helping me to answer back. LOL! That's exactly what I wanted to say.

"The real question is whether they are better or worse off compared to their counterparts with directly relevant degrees in E&E Engineering?"

azraeil:
I'm a post STPM student. I'll be enrolling in most probably 1 of the IPTA/local uni's soon. I'm trying to survey the working environment that I'll most probably end up with, so that I'll get prepared and not regrett my decision the rest of my life.


About take the masters in electronics part:
I'll definitely need alot of time catching up with all the designs etc etc stuffs in engineering. I'm sure you guys agree Engineering requires more experience and real work rather than theories. Do you think I'll be competent enough compared to other engineers? Any E&E graduate pls advice on this. Also, I would like to find out the working environment for E&E engineers. What do you guys do for a living? Thanks!

What about taking engineering, then masters in physics?
Does E&E actually involve much physics? Pls advice


What I really love:
I really liked physics. Physics is like my life, I can eat and drink physics all day. I would like to get involved with R&D 1 day. However, everybody around me seems to be pulling me down. Saying that I'll just end up in a bank/a teacher. :S It also seems like almost nobody made it into real physics R&D in malaysia. I doubt R&D for physics even exists in Malaysia ==

Some people adviced that I should take E&E engineering, and take up physics courses along the way, which seems to be a safer option. Afterall, you'll only need a book,pencil,paper and rubbish bin to study physics. Which i think they made some sense too... Can Anybody advice on this too?


Thanks seniors! You should quote which part are you advicing me on! Your POV's are highly valuable to me! Most of you made a lot of sense, afterall you guys have more real world experience and hands on experience on all these. I want to hear both stories of success and failures. If you have, you can spill it out. This is the turning point of my life. And I definitely want to make the best out of it <3

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Added on March 15, 2011, 1:18 amOn 2nd thought, doing a degree in physics 1st, then do a masters in Electronics/electrical will be good too. Then at least, I can understand electronics/electrical's fundamental principles 1st. then work on its real life applications in my masters. Then I'll have a better general idea what is really going on, and it'll be easier to spot flaws and then improvise.

OMG , i realised I'm so damn confused :S Sigh.....

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Added on March 19, 2011, 12:43 pmbump

This post has been edited by smallkid91: Mar 19 2011, 12:43 PM

What do you mean by 2. Physics in malaysia is.. er...er...er...?
Do you have friends working for defence or national/gov research institutes or something? :S


Actually I think the main reason I'm feeling divided because I havent gotten any hands-on experience on engineering stuffs yet. All i learned in STPM was physics, truth be told i didn't enjoyed most of the lab (PEKA) sessions. Besides, what scares me is not the money, but rather the lifestyle that I'll be going through the rest of my life. I dun mind teaching as part time, but teaching in SMK ______ for the rest of my life is.... @@ Or working in the bank for the rest of my life..... @@ Life is short, I believe we should enjoy every moment living in it. And not look back when i am 50-60 years old and regret the decision i made when i'm 20.

So i guess I'll go with the engineering "pathway", since I personally feel that physics is not all about following lectures, and doing coursework but taking the initiative to research and investigate ur interests further. And it'll be much easier to change from engineering to physics, compared to physics to engineering. Sneaking into lectures is not like stealing or anything right people?


Can somebody tell me more of an EE engineer's life? Or guide me more about it? ( I need some real life examples, instead of success stories, perhaps some stories of failures too)

I Came back to reply that i studied Engineering and became an engineer.

That kid from 10 years ago (me), all talk 😂