Recent content by martymotown

I wish I knew that for sure many years ago, and even more, that I felt confident enough in myself to go down that path. But someone told me "the best day to start was back then. Second best day is right now."

I want for the most part to do a career in actual research physics and have a chance at professorship. I can't imagine that's possible without at least a transitional master's degree (e.g. a CS master's with physics emphasis), and then possibly doing another master after in physics or even...

Sounds alright all of it, with your last point the most pressing to me. This is what scares me. I think practically speaking I'd make it work. But it's just inherently different to commit to such things at this age. If there were no societal norms about age and it was all about whether I'd...

Although that's a good idea, I would also hate to spend even more time not having started on physics now. In my view, it's easier to pick up a new software engineering job in 2 years if I realize I made a huge mistake, as opposed to waiting another 2 years to more or less start from scratch...

I think I'm okay with that. Life is unpredictable. Among the few constants we have is what our labor goes towards. Science, even in failure, attempts to do good. Maybe I am strongly understating the daily pressure, I didn't mean to undermine, but I guess my issue is that in my current job, my...

Economy is really not a huge concern. I made a significant amount of money after only working for these 9 months, and in Europe there are many solutions for covering costs. I wouldn't be living as carefree, but still would be living. I challenge your notion about physics with software...

I'm Marty and want to get into physics and research. I'm currently at the time of writing a software engineer after finishing my bachelor's in CS June 2022. Currently reading the Feynman Lectures and doing mathematics in my spare time to get prepared.

I finished my really half-assed CS bachelor's degree last summer, got a job, got good money, but I realized particularly last year of my bachelor how incredibly awesome and satisfying science (and math) is. During this year (since September) I've been working for a start-up with a very boring...