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What can be some of the best job options after studying physics?

Hello I’m Jose, right now I’m doing an exchange student program so I traveled from Spain to here, America, so I can learn about your culture and to perfect my English as much as I can. One of my dream careers I would love to study as I also love that subject is physics. So my question here is what are the options of jobs after studying a physics others than be a teacher. Thank you so much for taking your time to answer I hope you are having a nice day. #physics #job

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Andrew’s Answer

I have a bachelor’s and master’s degree in physics, and a PhD in Earth and Space Science. My dissertation is basically on solid-state physics with a crystalline solid of geophysical interest. After graduation, and a year of postdoctoral fellowship, I worked as a consultant scientist at NASA on space-borne geodynamics and space geodesy for two decades. Afterward, I received an academic appointment as professor of mathematics and statistics for fourteen years before my recent retirement. You can see that a degree in physics is a door opener. My training in solid-state physics constitutes the foundation for further adventures into other areas of research as you can see in my career path.

If you love physics, continue you study further, and, preferably, earn a PhD in physics. With a solid background in physics, you will be equipped to engage in many areas of research.
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Joseph’s Answer

There are lots of career paths in physics. As to "best", that really depends on you - what you enjoy and what you're good at. I can list a few where physics is particularly present: where I am in the nuclear industry is a great example to start with; there's a whole load of different physics jobs there. Almost all kinds of engineering are great careers for physicists, in lots of fields like aerospace, power, automotive design, precision engineering, and many more. If you want to stay in academia, there's plenty of opportunities for physics research in almost any subfield of physics; you can combine that with teaching in a university environment on the path to become a lecturer, or stay as a purely technical research staffer.

That's just a small set of examples - everything around you has physics involved at some stage, and a physics education is a great stepping stone into the world of work. For more examples, try searching job boards like Indeed, Glassdoor and LinkedIn - just put in physics, and you'll see how many diverse physics jobs are out there.
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John’s Answer

Physics is a great field. Do not neglect math, because it will enable your deeper studies. Physics can be used to enable progress in many other fields as well. For instance in various fields of engineering. Physics is used in everything from building atom smashers to how stars explode in supernovas to building buildings or bridges or roads. Not all of it is exciting but few jobs are exciting all of the time.
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