I love particle physics because it seemed to me to be the perfect intersection of physics and computers and hardware. I’m not sure I could any one of those three full time.
My job as an educator lets me, on one hand, explore the secrets of the universe, talk intelligently about dark matter, and on the other hand argue some obscure point about parallel computing, and perhaps also fiddle at the boundary between hardware and software (WebMathematica and the like). That was why I got into this field.
I’ve since discovered other things — the students and others I work with, for example. I even like teaching (seriously — people seem to think most teachers at easy duties school don’t like others job in the world — I’m sorry they had bad experiences; but it isn’t the norm among my friends).
My job as an educator lets me, on one hand, explore the secrets of the universe, talk intelligently about dark matter, and on the other hand argue some obscure point about parallel computing, and perhaps also fiddle at the boundary between hardware and software (WebMathematica and the like). That was why I got into this field.
I’ve since discovered other things — the students and others I work with, for example. I even like teaching (seriously — people seem to think most teachers at easy duties school don’t like others job in the world — I’m sorry they had bad experiences; but it isn’t the norm among my friends).
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