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[–] [email protected] 30 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Most depressing colleague I ever had was a dude who'd done a masters by research discovering new planets with powerful instruments that detected tiny variations in the light levels in far off solar systems. You could discover new heavenly bodies based off the cadence and degree of occlusion that occurs for that solar system's star.

Basically this guy was no longer able to progress with astrophysics because the competition for positions/funding was so intense. He'd ended up as a software dev but all he talked about was new planets and he spent every lunch break looking at the raw data from these instruments which were published into the public domain that day.

He had a calling but the world had torn him away from it.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah im terrified that'll be me oneday. Im also probably gonna get my PhD in either physics or astrophysics

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

He told me a story of being at an astrophysics conference where the students got instructed to "look to the left" then "look to the right" before being told that only 1 in 10 of them would be able to make a living in that niche.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Software isn't so bad! You at least get a lot of time to cultivate interests/passions in other subjects...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

The fate of most academics. After a falling out with my phd advisor, i went a completely different route and managed to build a solid career.