Really? Sorry that was your experience. I didn't see any postings from the sorts of water cooler places you did. I was looking for a physics gig in research/production or in mathematical modeling. The postings I saw were too often above my experience level, but they were at places where technology is more than a cool cellphone or console game or thermostat or doorbell...
Physicists and mathematicians don't last without delivering.
Really? Sorry that was your experience. I didn't see any postings from the sorts of water cooler places you did. I was looking for a physics gig in research/production or in mathematical modeling. The postings I saw were too often above my experience level, but they were at places where technology is more than a cool cellphone or console game or thermostat or doorbell...
Physicists and mathematicians don't last without delivering.
And those are the kind of people a job seeker who is interested more in working and less in office politics, cliques, and circle-jerking should avoid. I'm paid to get work done, not suck up to anyone.