while on the internet i looked up a career as a physicist. a career as a physicist requires someone who loves to do math and solve problems. as a physicist you can expect to earn about $89,490 a year. physicist can be anything from a space scientist to someone who works at high school. you need at least a bachelors degree but to be a professor you need a masters degree. physicists who work in research usually have long or irregular hours. a student interested in this field can look up a university with a physics department or another school which teaches physics. lastly to work in physics you must be curious and willing to work on things you dont understand.