I am very happy that 75% of my PhD in particle physics was hands-on lab work doing detector R&D. Sure, creating simulations and doing data analysis are immensely important, and skills I had to develop, but I think that many scientists are being done a disservice by not getting the opportunity to see how their work will interface in the real world.
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LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net · 41 pts · 1y
Basically every field of science at this point.
Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org · 1 pts · 1y
And a lot of other jobs too. Computers are here to stay it seems.
drail@fedia.io · 19 pts · 1y
I am very happy that 75% of my PhD in particle physics was hands-on lab work doing detector R&D. Sure, creating simulations and doing data analysis are immensely important, and skills I had to develop, but I think that many scientists are being done a disservice by not getting the opportunity to see how their work will interface in the real world.