The guy was a 17 year old asking about jobs in physics. Why send him off to the one place where job prospects are notoriously described through a veil of insanity?
@dmckee could you undelete this and close as off topic?
I'd like to contact OP and inform them of other resources.
As somebody gunning for a job in academia, my perspective is the opposite of @DanielSank's. When I was OP's age, I continuously read articles about how job prospects in academia were terrible. It'd be a new one every week.
I almost quit physics before I started because of that.
I feel that nobody needs to hear about this even more. The message is already out there.
What OP needs to hear is reassurance that physics is worth studying at all -- at the undergrad level. (Permanent jobs come way later.) And Academia.SE is very good at this.
@DanielSank I'm fairly comfortable saying on behalf of the mods that we're not going to override a user's decision to remove their own content from the site for that reason, especially given that it's not a good, on topic question. cc @dmckee
However, you can certainly look out for when the user posts on Academia and comment there.
Honestly, I don't think that question is going to be on topic at Academia either, but if they post it, we'll see.
Out of curiosity, and being in the same position of 17 and looking for a future in physics, what would you suggest as ways to get closer to a physics career? Or where would you suggest I look for such ways?
There seems to be a bit of an unwelcome feeling towards homework-style (and beginner) questions. What are your opinions on a scheme like the Math/Mathoverflow division (for research-level questions and general questions)?
