Are physicists the better computer scientist ?
Hello,
This is a mix of a rant and confusion. I studied physics up to a master's degree around 8 years ago. Like many of my fellow students, I transitioned into computer science, more specifically into data science, algorithms, and computer vision. I quickly moved up the ladder and am now in a leading position.
Our team consists of 2 physicists (me + 1), 2 data engineers, 2 computer scientists, and a physics student. We all work on similar projects.
The problem I'm having is that, besides one other colleague and the student, I often have the feeling that the others are absolutely clueless. Yes, they have learned some things, but they never seem to abstract problems, and they don't actually try to understand them. It's often just: "AI said I have this problem, so I'll use this out-of-the-box algorithm."
I'm no genius or anything, but if I didn't have the other physicist colleague, I would probably think: "The only way this feeling could be true is if I'm a narcissist."
P.S. I'm sure there are great non-physicists out there, just as there are plenty of shitty physicists! This isn't meant to be a physicists-vs-everyone-else thing. It's just an observation I've been struggling with in my own environment.