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Question for those who have jobs in physics - What do you do? What is an average day like for you?

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>> No.5015581

Trust me. You don't want to know.

>> No.5015591

I guess it's either teaching annoying undergrads or coding

>> No.5015597

Probably reading the literature of your field, busy with your research, contacts etc. just like any other scientific field.

>> No.5015646

Wasn't there a female physicist (in England, I think) who worked nights as a whore ("high-class escort") and said it was way more enjoyable than working in the lab?

>> No.5015658

>studying math, dad works at CERN
>went with him for two weeks back in 2009
>was pretty cool, soldering detectors together and stuff
basically, it's very, very variable. in 5 years, he's done hardware (what i said above), coding, projecting stuff, and now he's teaching.