Midnight grocery store, telling the story of you and the oil industry.

I graduated with a master's degree in geophysics in June this year. I want to study for so many years, and I want to change my life and work for a year or two before studying for a doctorate. As a result, oil prices plummeted, and CGG, Schlumberger and Total were all invested, and they all sank into the sea. Later, I chatted with the teacher in class. Many of the teachers in the class are executives of large companies. They unanimously suggested that it is more appropriate to read a PhD at low tide. On the one hand, they can get through this trough. On the other hand, they can continue to improve themselves by reading doctoral programs, and they may catch up with the oil production period when they graduate in the future. Having said that, it's hard to find a job until the oil price goes back. However, low oil prices are also a poor performance of the overall world economy. Supply exceeds demand, the oil industry is hard to find, and other industries are not good. Among them, schlumberger teachers are optimistic about their R&D center. During the crisis, small companies stopped R&D, while large companies still have some strength to continue to expand their technological advantages. For example, Shell's teacher, their R&D center is also continuing to recruit, and a senior brother is going to their Dutch R&D center. Because he is a student of American imperialism, he is recommended to practice in Houston. Although Total has also laid off employees, the core RD continues to develop. I got my master's degree last year. This year, schlumberger offered five internship opportunities, three in London and two in Cambridge. Total also gave two internship opportunities, and CGG also provided an opportunity. If you are looking for a job, there will be layoffs, but there will also be recruitment. CGG continues to recruit people in Singapore, and my brother just got a job in Saudi Aramco R&D branch. In short, people should adapt to the society and the big environment and improve themselves, and they can do any job in the future. Capacity is not a problem, and nothing is necessarily sunk cost. Even if they change careers, the "colleagues" in the office regard studying for a doctorate as a job (indeed, it is a job, and the school has already paid unemployment insurance, old-age insurance and medical insurance). Some have graduated to be high school teachers, and those who have just graduated have also gone to the European Patent Office (the work content is related to geophysics). Some of them continue to work in oil companies, and some have worked as engineers for three years in total, and they will come back to study for doctors this year. Therefore, where there is no scenery in life, just do one thing, study for a doctorate, and concentrate on it. Even after graduation, don't worry too much. No one can predict the background, but you can always be yourself, be ready at any time and adapt to the society. So, I think, at the lowest ebb, I will study hard for a doctorate. I will be a doctor in three years, and I will write some programs. Being able to speak English and French is really bad, and there will always be a decent life in the future.