well with an astronomy degree you can try for the weather man I’m not quiet sure how hard it will be, but with a degree in that field it should be realitively easy GOOD LUCK

Posted by Liz C, on October 23rd, 2008, at 6:04 pm. #.

Well, there’s about the same number of people graduating with a PhD each year as there are post-doc positions available, so that’s pretty good odds that you’ll get one. Then from there, you’ll have a better shot at a teaching position, but frankly there’s about one teaching position opening for every three PhDs, so a research job or even industry (although there’s not much industry in astronomy) might be a bit easier to get. It helps if your PhD is in physics – they always assume physicists can do astronomy (especially if your PhD topic was in astronomy or astrophysics), but they don’t assume an astronomer can do physics (the astronomy PhD has fewer requirements as far as physics courses go). A physics PhD with a concentration in astronomy is a better bet for getting a job (that’s what I’m doing).

Posted by eri, on October 24th, 2008, at 9:47 pm. #.