[ssyyyrruho]

Get a 2nd degree in something that counts.

[Voliscietle]

see poll

[WhileKelf]

Law is the obvious choice as soon as you've got a decent GPA, but I'd only take that as a last resort.

[StevenS]

Why do you think you'd be smart enough to do physics?

[pfcwlkxav]

What should I do after M.A. Philosophy?

Pray for work.

[Wymdqcvb]

Anything medical.

[Tactattcahhaw]

fortune cookies?

[ibiDb4uu]

top grade = top 10 physicists per year in the world
good = top 100

anybody else is pretty much useless

[Zptmsemk]

Figure out what you'd love to do instead of what you think you should learn.

[vypusknye]

"Think deep thoughts about being unemployed." As an English major, I'm working in pizza at present. An MA in philosophy is like a BA in English except:

1. You spent much more time and money to get it, thus branding you as an even bigger tool in the eyes of potential employers,

2. Despite the uselessness of the subject, the higher degree makes you all the more "overqualified" for general-purpose jobs, and

3. While the English major worked to develop his/her communication skills, you were actually striving to ruin yours with a steady diet of doublethink and doubletalk.

Clearly, you're doomed.

[Paybeskf]

Cry ?

[Sheestgag]

Prepare to take over the management of your families vast fortune now that you've finished having fun.

[AriaDesser]

If a = b then c maybe = d;
else god does not exist;

[outfinofulpv]

They do other things.

90+% of PhD physicists never get a faculty job

The

[Adimos]

I was subjected to two Philosophy courses in university dedicated to logic.

It was sensible for the first course (focusing on boolean logic, etc -- roughly equivalent to first year compsci mathematical logic courses) and after that it was focused more on building logical arguments.

It would be one thing if Boris specialized in Philosophy of Logic, but I'm fairly certain he's one of those ethics slobs.

[Vegeinvalge]

You will note that each proposed field - except telco engineering - could be easily paired with philosophy for a future Ph. D.

[esdfsdflast]

a) a PhD in "the philosophy of X" IS NOT A USEFUL ACCOMPLISHMENT. It's simply more of a waste of resources

b) Are you seriously considering going back to undergrad? Holy ****, you'll be almost 30 before you get your BSc or BEng.

[Dwemadayday]

a) a PhD in "the philosophy of X" IS NOT A USEFUL ACCOMPLISHMENT. It's simply more of a waste of resources

b) Are you seriously considering going back to undergrad? Holy ****, you'll be almost 30 before you get your BSc or BEng.

That's not worse than becoming a specialist doctor.

And BTW, I don't exclude staying in my second field if I'm doing good.

[chuviskkk]

Don't think you have the proper mind for computer science.

Any proper computer scientist would be outraged by the nonsense and willy-nilly arbitrariness of philosophy (and don't even try to explain how the rigid arguments of philosophy are strict and sensible).

You're so cute.

[Drugmachine]

Seriously, please start an undergrad physics degree. I look forward to laughing at you for the 6 months it takes you to decide that it isn't a good fit.

You're going to be competing against kids who are 7 years younger than you, who have been in love with the idea of becoming a physicist since they were kids, who haven't let their knowledge go stale, who are in all likelihood at least as smart as yourself, on average, and who are STILL going to mostly end up (~97% of them?) not getting a faculty position. Have fun.