I ran two fingers through a belt and pulley and squished the end of my index finger off . I have had five children , multiple surgeries , etc . That fucking finger hurt worse than all of it . For weeks . It was miserable . <| sep |> Look into an android set top box . Makes any TV a way better smart TV . Range in price from 50200 $. Mine are awesome and were around $ 75 <| sep |> A lot of physicists and engineers I have talked to felt that grad school was the best time of their life , or at least one of them . The people I have met doing the coolest things directing teams that build spacecraft , designing their own sensors and devices , inventing new medical tests , successful inventors at large companies , etc were Ph . Ds . That ' s the job I want . In my preferred field , most of the good work is being done by Ph . Ds because the coursework simply isn ' t taught at the undergraduate level in any depth . DON ' T be discouraged if you hear from people that don ' t like academia or the idea of a Ph . D . They aren ' t wrong , in fact they illustrate that you absolutely should not go for a Ph . D unless it suits you . You need to LOVE it , or else you will hate yourself and you will be a BAD student . Think about the people doing the stuff YOU want to do and the background they needed in order to get there . That , and what you are passionate about , should be your prime consideration .