You should get a Maths degree just so you can become a science-fiction cartoon writer.
Hello, internet folks. I'll be entering college this Fall, and I have yet to declare a major. I still have some time for this I know, but I thought it might be nice to hear from people who've been through college why they chose the major they did and how that's worked out for them. This post may not seem as coherent as I'd like it to because I'm a little high on Vicodin right now, but I hope it's a good start.
Do something you enjoy that also pays well. Try to give yourself some flexibility. My brother-in-law started off doing a History degree, like
moi (I met him in class, actually, then introduced him to my sister), but did a few International Relations classes because they sounded interesting. He ended up getting a double-major in both History and IR, but was willing to drop History and go straight for IR if he hadn't been fortunate enough to stumble onto his love of IR early enough in his degree that he could still do both. If you can't decide between Maths and Psychology, for example, there's nothing wrong with doing a few classes from both until you decide which you prefer.
Go for it.
How does one get into the BBC?
I think you have to get invited to the right parties.
edit: the number of out of work physics graduates I know is...oooh.... two? Which is exactly the same as the number of physics graduates I know. Pure coincidence!
That's not to say they're unemployable of course. But there aren't many careers actually in physics, for some reason.
There was a physics professor on the radio here last Thursday who said that every single one of his students that have graduated are now employed, half of them actually in physics, the remainder in related fields. Is this just an Australian thing, or do you know the only two physicists in the world who think the study of beer and X-Box is more important than work or something?
My post wasn't directed against anyone in this thread, but more against the general idea of selecting a future for yourself based solely on perceived job security or future pay. You should never take a job you'll hate just because it pays better than another that you may like more.
There's nothing wrong with taking a crappy job. The trick is to make sure said crappy job is temporary. I daresay most of us paid our ways through uni doing crappy jobs. I was a telemarketer at one point, and I didn't need to shower because I bathed myself in my own shameful tears.
It's also not a job that requires a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution of higher learning.
It damn well should. My laundry sink is backing up, and that's just the last in a long list of plumbing problems I've experienced at my current place.
) I may not have much of a plan as to where I'm going with it, but at least it's a firm foundation, which is a hell of a lot better than having a sensible route planned out but having to march across quicksand to get there.
