[throwaway2019Z]

This has been my experience within teams as well, but it was clear to me that we were hired in spite of our degrees rather than because of them.

I do not regret my physics education, and I would encourage young people who are passionate about the subject to pursue it. However, I think that they should go in knowing that unless they intend to stay in academia/research/defense, a physics degree is, at best, a signal of intelligence, and, at worst, a signal of overspecialization in a disparate field.