I have a masters in HEP and have experience working on the CMS experiment at CERN for a year as part of my Masters.
I left physics for data privacy in 2017 (PhD programme).
The main reason was that I didn't really feel like I was tackling real issues (real and immediate to society) if I continued work in physics.
The swap has been difficult and I am at a disadvantage wrt to colleagues that come from more relevant backgrounds (e.g. Computer science or Applied maths) but at the end of the day I feel a lot better about the contribution of the work (to society) and also about job security in the future.
I left physics for data privacy in 2017 (PhD programme).
The main reason was that I didn't really feel like I was tackling real issues (real and immediate to society) if I continued work in physics.
The swap has been difficult and I am at a disadvantage wrt to colleagues that come from more relevant backgrounds (e.g. Computer science or Applied maths) but at the end of the day I feel a lot better about the contribution of the work (to society) and also about job security in the future.