# How to handle my layoff?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 15, 2025, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-handle-my-layoff/1024867 "2025-11-15T03:38:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2025, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-handle-my-layoff/1024867/200 "2025-12-21T05:14:40Z")

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> [@msmith537](#):
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> I don’t have stats but there are definitely a lot of quant and data scientist jobs on Wall Street, Silicon Valley and pretty much every industry.

Oh, absolutely; the big ad agency where I worked until earlier this year had an entire data science department (and, yes, some of the leadership in that group had PhDs). Hell, _I_ am technically a quant jock, as my master’s is in market research, the first decade of my career was in market research, and I still do quantitative analysis from time to time.

Even so, and to reiterate the second half of my post which you quoted: I’d be surprised if such jobs at companies that are _not_ engineering or science-related (e.g., finance, advertising, etc.) are going to be seriously looking at someone with a BS in physics for an **entry-level** position; they are going to want candidates whose education, internships, etc. also gives them other important skills and experience for that particular industry, and that likely means someone with a related degree.

But, what the hell do I know? I’m almost 40 years removed from being an entry-level person. Maybe I’m flat-out wrong.

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