Read article: So just how good is your salary?
Most people choose to study physics because of a fascination with the subject, not because they think it is likely to earn them lots of money. But even physicists are curious on this topic
Read article: Changing your career direction
Matin Durrani looks at how to point your career in a new direction and finds that it helps to think carefully about your options before a crisis strikes
Read article: Career options for physicists
From rocket science to rock stardom, physics prepares you for a wide range of careers
Read article: How to get the job you really want
Whether you are about to enter the job market for the first time or have been in the workplace for years, many of the same job-hunting skills apply, discovers Valerie Jamieson
Read article: Love and the two-body problem
For physicists who have fallen for the charms of one another, finding two permanent physics jobs in the same place is one of the toughest challenges they face
Read article: Yeah, but what about the crayfish?
Geoffrey West has developed a theory that can explain scaling laws in animals and plants
Read article: The industrial physicist who has it all
Cherry Murray is vice president for physical-sciences research at Bell Labs. Valerie Jamieson finds out how she made it to the top in one of the world's most famous physics labs
Read article: Investors in people
What attributes and personal characteristics do you need to be a successful founding entrepreneur of a start-up firm? Valerie Jamieson talks to physicists who know what it takes
Many scientists regard people's fascination with the supernatural as harmless nonsense. Tony Jones meets a physicist who confronts proponents of paranormal beliefs
Nathan Myhrvold was once Stephen Hawking's postdoc - now he is chief technology officer at Microsoft. Peter Gwynne discovers the secrets of his success
