Timeline for Transitioning to pure research in physics after an electronics engineering degree
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| Feb 5, 2022 at 16:34 | comment | added | curious | I'm very happily abhorrent to biophysics :) Thank you so much for your advice! | |
| Jan 31, 2022 at 17:16 | comment | added | Lodinn | In your case, probably not biophysics (although who knows...). But more generally, start from the other side of the equation - find topics that interest you, get in contact with some lab, offer your workforce for relatively cheap, earn a living while pursuing something you are actually excited about, PROFIT! Your situation is not common but given no commitments so far you are not in a terrible position for such negotiations. | |
| Jan 31, 2022 at 17:13 | comment | added | Lodinn | @curious That depends on how much are you willing to invest on your re-education and how open are you to the risks of being involved with electronics for longer than you wish for. I've gotten an impression you wished to get on a more theoretical side of things, and this requires an extensive and detailed background in most fields. With experimental labs, it's easier - just being generally good with equipment smoothens the transition a lot. Still expect to spend a while in a lab assistant position, essentially (thankfully, a PhD is often not much different from that...). | |
| Jan 31, 2022 at 6:09 | vote | accept | curious | ||
| Jan 30, 2022 at 6:54 | comment | added | curious | Thank you so much for your response! I am certainly not insistent on HEP but I just dont want to give up on the physics dream. I'll certainly look into the labs available. In your opinion, are there any other fields besides astronomy that would work out given my situation? | |
| Jan 28, 2022 at 10:05 | history | answered | Lodinn | CC BY-SA 4.0 |