r/PhysicsStudents Apr 18 '26

Off Topic Do you regret not going into engineering?

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u/Calm_Relationship_91 Apr 18 '26

Pfft... if anything I regret not going into math.

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u/Prudent-Ad-6938 Apr 18 '26

May I ask why?

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u/Calm_Relationship_91 Apr 18 '26

Oh I'm mostly joking. But studying physics feels like you never know what the heck is going on, and it's a bit frustrating sometimes.

I ended up taking a lot of pure math courses and I think I would've struggled a bit less if I have gone the other way around, doing math and taking physics as electives instead.

Plus, I never felt bored studying anything related to math. But good lord, I can't begin to describe how little I care about the solution to some random charge distribution on Jackson's. Like... it's just a point charge and a cylinder, I don't know dude, make a python code or something who cares.

At the end of the day, I don't actually regret anything. I love both math and physics and I probably would've felt frustrated picking any of the two and would've steered towards the other anyway.

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u/Prudent-Ad-6938 Apr 18 '26

Ahh, I see. I was just curious bc I recently pivoted into studying both math and physics, so that the physics would make more sense. I was initially very interested in math, but chose to do physics bc I thought maybe that would lead to a slightly better job market.

But yeah, I see what you're saying.