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Re:What does “shitty job” mean in the low-skill, low-pay world? by ceeplusplus on Sunday April 17, 2022 @07:01PM (#31065367)
There should be a large number of jobs you could take on with a physics degree (although most are more math than actual physics). Any technical role in tech, actuary in insurance cos, quant trading roles, etc. How did you not find a job in 2 years?

Of course I say this assuming you're based in the US - the European job market for technical people is much, much worse than the US.

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Re:What does “shitty job” mean in the low-skill, low-pay world? by Avshalom on Sunday April 17, 2022 @07:16PM (#31065452)
Well it was August 2009 for one thing.

For another: physics/math isn't a stepping stone to technical roles. Physics from ivy league/new ivy is. A B.A. in English from brown is closer to a quant job than a physics degree from New Mexico Tech is. Hell at least NMT is, in the non austerity days, a path into a defense lab. There's half a dozen of state schools (in new mexico alone) offering STEM degrees that most people don't even know are schools.

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