The IceCube Neutrino Detector at the South Pole Hits Paydirt

Re:The IceCube Neutrino Detector at the South Pole Hits Paydirt by analog31 on Thursday July 12, 2018 @11:46PM (#17520398)

I'm not in astro, but have a physics degree. It's pretty well known that only a few of us get to stay in basic research after we finish our degrees. Most of us have to make the transition to some "real world" activity. Some have an easier time of it than others.

While it's also well known that you don't go into certain fields to make the big bucks (astrophysics, viola da gamba performance, etc.), a corollary is that you do go into those fields because they're highly addictive. So, referring to it as "recovering" might be appropriate.

Disclosure: The people I know who are astrophysicists, and violists da gamba, both now have successful careers as software developers.

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Re:The IceCube Neutrino Detector at the South Pole Hits Paydirt by IrishJourno on Friday July 13, 2018 @10:09AM (#17523094)

Yes: I've a physics degree as well, but I'm a sci/tech journalist now. I'm sometimes asked to talk to physics students as an example of someone using their degree as the basis of a career outside academic research.

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