To help young scholars make realistic post-graduate career plans, some universities are urging professors to learn, and share with graduate students, information about careers in their fields, both off and on the campus. Physicists in finance. This article itemizes issues of concern for physics Ph.D.s who leave physics for jobs in finance on Wall Street. Meanwhile, there is a shortage of jobs in the field of physics. Those contemplating such a move, though, need to look beyond these immediate considerations, because the culture of finance differs markedly from that of physics.
Adaptation is key.
The author notes that, for him, the realization that it is both possible and permissible to jump from one profession to another was enormously liberating. From ivory tower to corporate ladder. Noted here is the fact that the academic job market has diminished while the Ph.D. supply has ballooned, steering many scientists to careers in business. But the typical science doctoral program may hurt job prospects in industry, because traditional programs turn out scientists who lack the broad skills necessary to thrive in business. Let's not go gentle into that museum.