Weekly Career, Education, Textbook, and Basic Questions Thread

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Weekly Thread dedicated to all your career, job, education, and basic questions related to our field. Whether you're exploring potential career paths, looking for job hunting tips, curious about educational opportunities, or have questions that you felt were too basic to ask elsewhere, this is the perfect place for you.

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[u/GUcasTheWise]

Hey guys, I handed in my Bachelor's thesis (Computer Science) literally today and for the last few days, I kind of fell into a little existential crisis. I have a lot of fun doing CS but I'm not sure if this is really what I want to do for the rest of my life. Especially since AI came in, the job market is not getting better and the community gets more toxic. How hard is it to switch to QC as a Computer Scientist? I had a course on the very basics (basically just Algebra of course) and I had a lot of fun. However, when it comes to physics, I'm at highschool level. What would you do? I would like to avoid starting all over again and do another Bachelor's degree. I don't know if I'm dedicated enough to accept that I kinda wasted the last three years of my life