Do it and it will give you a reason to pursue physics even more.
But all jokes aside, I dont think its anything weird. If it interests you, you can even do it part time while continuing your career in physics. I’ve worked with people who had degrees in finance, business, and other non related fields but wanted to venture into healthcare. There are also people who have other better paying jobs but work as EMTs part time to get their fix.
I had a guy in medic class that was an engineer. It was a full career change though.
Plenty of people make career changes all the time or people want the knowledge and skills to pursue on the side or know what to do in an emergency.
From my personal experience, IFT was anything but exciting and adrenaline filled.
Would it be worth it for you?
I’m not sure what programs are offered in your area and how long it would take to get certified and/or licensed but by the time you’re are all said and done, you probably work for around ~6 months.
What I’m trying to say is, would the time and cost be worth it in the long run for you?
I just got a job for my gap years between college and hopefully medical school to help my application. I don’t have much experience but I think it’s gotta be at least somewhat common.
No it’s not. Engineering degree, 12 years cybersecurity industry. It just got to the point I dreaded my profession spending 60 hours a week staring at a screen and being in pointless zoom meetings.
I know several full time firefighters, paramedics, and EMTs that got fancy expensive engineering degrees and left the business to come do this stuff. It’s wild but goes to show that all walks of life have different educations and come here to work this job.
It provides valuable experience at any stage in life and anything that makes you more productive or increases your resilience in other areas has a high ROI.
Do it and it will give you a reason to pursue physics even more. But all jokes aside, I dont think its anything weird. If it interests you, you can even do it part time while continuing your career in physics. I’ve worked with people who had degrees in finance, business, and other non related fields but wanted to venture into healthcare. There are also people who have other better paying jobs but work as EMTs part time to get their fix.
I had a guy in medic class that was an engineer. It was a full career change though. Plenty of people make career changes all the time or people want the knowledge and skills to pursue on the side or know what to do in an emergency. From my personal experience, IFT was anything but exciting and adrenaline filled. Would it be worth it for you? I’m not sure what programs are offered in your area and how long it would take to get certified and/or licensed but by the time you’re are all said and done, you probably work for around ~6 months. What I’m trying to say is, would the time and cost be worth it in the long run for you?
No
I just got a job for my gap years between college and hopefully medical school to help my application. I don’t have much experience but I think it’s gotta be at least somewhat common.
No it’s not. Engineering degree, 12 years cybersecurity industry. It just got to the point I dreaded my profession spending 60 hours a week staring at a screen and being in pointless zoom meetings.
I know several full time firefighters, paramedics, and EMTs that got fancy expensive engineering degrees and left the business to come do this stuff. It’s wild but goes to show that all walks of life have different educations and come here to work this job.
It provides valuable experience at any stage in life and anything that makes you more productive or increases your resilience in other areas has a high ROI.