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Branches, and what they lead to
Condensed matter
Materials and solids. Close to industry jobs.
Particle and nuclear
Accelerators and national laboratories. Long experiments, huge teams.
Astrophysics and cosmology
Telescopes and simulation. Beautiful, and few permanent posts.
Optics and photonics
Lasers, sensors and imaging. Hired heavily by companies.
Quantum information
Building quantum computers, for universities, laboratories and companies.