> The interesting thing is that physics has never been seen as a way of
> earning money by the sackful. The difference between now and when I did a
> physics degree is that money is now seen to be the be all and end all. I
> studied physics because it was fun and I reckoned that I would get a
> reasonable job.
And, to be cynical for a little bit longer, you were one of only a few
graduates entering the market place and could rest assured your
qualification would be valued. Although as someone Thatcher snatched milk
from I am inherently opposed to a lot of what she did, the Labour approach
of saturating a market with graduates who will probably never use their
degrees doesn't seem enitirely positive to me either.
Physics is a great degree to have now, highly marketable in the IT market as
it makes you stand out from the Computing Science graduates-as you've done
something _really_ hard. Maybe IOP could use that in promotional
literature?
Marianne Field
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