[mturmon]

Agree about low information density of article.

Same general advice applies in engineering: do your best to attach yourself to a lab, and see if it catches your fancy. Best way to test-drive a career choice.

He's kind of down on textbook-and-problem-set coursework and large lecture classes. This is not universal. Some large lectures are large for a reason -- the professor is a star. And some textbooks are really good, and some problem sets are worth sweating over.