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scott
<p>I'm currently a graduate student in physics at Purdue working in Scanning
Probe Microscopy. My perl hacking is mostly for fun, although I am, from
time to time, actually paid for it (and wouldn't mind being so again :)</p>
<p>Judging from the ads I see, programming is likely to be more financially
rewarding than a career in physics, especially for the first decade of
employment. On the same subject, the American Physical Society has various
recent studies of salaries online. I don't have the link offhand but it
shouldn't be too hard to find.</p>
<p>If you're looking to maximize cashflow while programming you should
consider writing Perl code on Wall Street. Those guys also have recently
acquired a hankering for physicists so you could get your scientific degree,
code Perl, and make lots of cash, all at once.</p>
<p><pause> <blink> <em>Hmmm ...</em> <scott wanders off gazing into the distance></p>
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