The Five Roles of a Physicist
What do physicists get paid to do? I recently wrote about a physicist’s need to consider and understand the business aspects of the work they […]
Articles by Matthew Thompson
Physicist-Businessperson Duality
Once you graduate and cease being a student, you will enter the world of business. Here I mean “business” in its fundamental sense: creating something […]
Bridging The Valley of Graduate School
The average physics PhD student takes 6.3 years to graduate. That is a long time. For most, graduate school starts on a high note. The […]
Understanding What You Want
The holiday season is upon us, and with it comes gift giving and the inevitable question, “What do you want?” I have struggled with that […]
Physicists, Marines, and the Art of Doing
“Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome” Those of you with a connection to the United States Marine Corps will recognize the above words as one of their […]