Hearted Youtube comments on Dr Ben Miles (@DrBenMiles) channel.
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I'm writing up my PhD in Medical Physics at the moment. I have several papers but they're in a scattershot of tangentially related areas (and they're also a bit crap if I'm honest, one got 8 citations at least...), so I don't really feel like the expert of some niche area like you suggest I might feel. I think the idea that you can commercialise your research shows that your PhD was in a more applied area, there is literally no way you could commercialise any aspect of my research, it's too 'pure', theoretical nanoscale radiation transport simulations etc.
I do struggle with the extremely isolating social circumstances of the degree, I like working in a "team" but a PhD (at least for me) is 98% solo work. I think there are some additional employment opportunities my degree will make available to me, given my field is medical and medical always has some funding, however the job market will always be tough.
I've decided my priority is to find work in my home city, as that's where my family, friends and hobbies are. I'm happy to step sideways or completely out of my field in order to do that, rather than prioritising staying in medical physics, even to take a paycut. Ironically a PhD has taught me how much I value my non-work social connections and personal outdoor hobbies over what I actually do at work. Still I'll be aiming for the world of medical physics at the start!
I wonder if we will see a resurgence in local industry due to COVID. COVID has highlighted the weaknesses of a global economy, of outsourcing your industry to other countries. Hopefully there will be a bit of a local STEM employment boom in the next few years as a consequence of that! Plus there's always money in medical right? ;)
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