Physics vs. mechanical engineering for a college degree?

I think both sound great and would have good job prospects. What about a doctorate in physics vs. engineering?

Physics if you love physics.
ME if you want something more applied.
Psychology if you just want to get your ass out into the job market.

Economics + Physics

Chemical and petroleum have the worst hiring rates right now, dumbass. Do you think we’re in 2004?

Wrong. Gen X. :smiley:

Then phys doctorate would allow you to work on cool projects that may or may not pay (well), while the engineer doctorate would tell people that despite being an engineer, you arent very smart. No really engineer beyond bs is mostly for positions that require it, not for pay. Lots get MBA if they want to go that route anyway, except professor of course for obvious reasons.

So its mostly an overall question of whether the potential benefit of doing considerably more interesting and meaningful work is worth the trade off of worse job prospects, lower pay, more student debt and 2-4 more years of school. The hard sciences can often struggle with funding unless it has commercial applicability. Look at what adjunct professors make at big name universities. Thats generally where youll start with the hard sciences.

chem is everything from food science to materials engineering to cosmetics, and beer manufacture. Petroleum has very high average salaries, and they havent stopped drilling yet, Still better than mech engineer overall imo though, because they combine poor job prospects with low pay.

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Interesting. Thanks

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Mechanical engineer here.
Mech eng is just physics and math + a little bit programming.

I am currently employed as full time Sysadmin. But I live in eastern europe.

This is the reality of mechanical engineer. There just arent the jobs for it, as it is limited applicability.

You'll get more than enough physics with engineering.
It'll just be applied variety, and with far too much of a workload.

Never ever go to physics. I am yet to find a job
t. Physics grad

Don't listen to this guy. I graduated with Physics and had a Software Engineering job lined up for me before graduating.

I call that a BS. What did you specialize in nigger?

Not even bullshitting, I'm UK based though, so maybe that makes a difference?

I specialised in quantum dynamics, did some simulation of phonon modes for light lasers.

*sound lasers rather

Maybe and maybe specializing has something to do or maybe just my bad luck. I am in condensed matter but idk I am the only serious programmer in my class. Half of dickheads barely even know mathematica and FORTRAN.

Mechanical engineer here. I graduated in 2008, so I'm a decade behind in my knowledge. That said, I'm currently hiring more MEs. The nice thing with mechanical engineering is that you get a sort of generalist engineer.

Just don't expect to be paid a ton. I think a lot of engineers in general think they are going to make huge huge money. Most of my engineer friends make between 70,000 and 150,000. That's by no means BAD, but, it all depends where you live and the cost of living.

Basically, do engineering because you love engineering and can get paid enough to make it worthwhile, but if you want to make big bucks there are probably better routes.

>there are probably better routes

Such as?
Really considering engineering (currently in high school)

>he doesn't do something he loves
>he hates himself everyday of work.
Lmao better doing something you love than having to deal with shit you hate everyday.

Sales if you have the personality for it.

I'm the head of an engineering department and make 150k but I'm about at max now. I don't think there is much room for me to grow, unless someone else hires me to another company and are willing to pay a whole lot. The way I can make more is to become a COO or something, maybe go back to school and get an MBA.

My gf does real estate and makes about quadruple what I do. Granted, for every agent like her there are thousands of starving ones, but, she makes like 3% every time she sells some Brazilian a 9 million dollar chrome and glass shoebox.

And in the real world all you do is program microcontrollers and do signal processing...

I got a CET and EET degree and got a job making 65k before I graduated college, you'll be fine. Making 95k now
>psychology
>job market
Do you mean the minimum wage market? Because that's all anyone I know that went to school for it is making

Hey dummy, get a master's and work on university level projects so you can build a body of credible work. If you can't network, the next best thing is becoming the best in your field

My friend's dad also in the real estate business (he's the richest person i know irl),
How do i start on real estate business? Not that i'm interested, just curious (i think i still prefer engineering)

>mech
>limited applicability
Are you retarded?
ME and EE are the most versatile degrees out there, if anything go for master to expand your horizons and job prospects, but on their own they are fairly hireable if you are not a sperg.

She went to college for business, got her real estate license while still studying, and went from there. Getting started in real estate seems to be extremely easy, it's being successful at it that is hard. She started in new construction condos under an agency but networked with some other top earners and they started their own.

She speaks three languages and is extremely well spoken, very good at dealing with ultra-wealthy people. Knows all the little social things like Americans hug and italians kiss either side of the each and brazilians this and this culture that (I'm probably getting those wrong but you get the idea). The right coffee the right type of lunch for different types. Very polished. She doesn't get intimidated by them and is very natural around them, isn't pushy but not afraid to ask for the sale. She's just extremely good at sales in general. I've learned a lot from her in that respect. She is so successful not because of her education but because of her ability to sell.

>Mech eng is just physics and math + a little bit programming.
>+ a little bit programming.

If that's you, you're a rare specimen and whatever company you work for should treasure you.

Almost every single Mech. Engineer I've met is a completely retard on anything other than mechanical engineering topics. The handful that can program or read a schematic only know the barebone knowledge required to move an actuator or simple robot around. Only "engineers" more short sighted than mechanical engineers are CS grads. Don't even get me started on programmers with CS backgrounds.

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Meanwhile CS grads with a bachelor's are making 60-80k on entry level jobs and well over 110k later and math and physics grads with PhDs barely make a living lol

Doing comp sci at UT Austin in the fall. How much have I fucked up Jow Forums? Also any tips? Yes I'm 18

Meanwhile plumbers with a GED are making 60-80k on entry level jobs and well over 110k later and math and physics grads with PhDs barely make a living lol

You should install gentoo

This is true, my uncle is a plumber and he changed his last name to Plumber so he could have his slogan "Call Plumber the plumber for all your plumbing needs!" And made 160k last year in NYC

Thanks all

>no jobs in physics

You can now stop

It sure is great going to school for 8 years, being 200k in debt and then getting a physics research position where you make 40k a year and work mroe than 40 hours a week lol

>Read Taylor, Griffiths, Reif, Shankar
Bang, you have an undergrad degree in physics. No need for the undergrad major. If you want to go to graduate school, get a masters in pure math first.

>If you want to go to graduate school, get a masters in pure math first.
>get a masters in pure math first.
>a masters in math
user....

CompSci graduate here. A lot of devs I work with are Engineers or Physics grads because they couldn't find any jobs in their respective fields. I'm a better software engineer than they are in general but I know it's only because I've spent thousands more hours than them in front of a computer.

That said, I wish I had a Physics background because it's great foundational stuff for branching off into data science or ML.

My friend works at Facebook doing data science. What does that even mean?