New best story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Physicists of HN, what are you working on these days?

Ask HN: Physicists of HN, what are you working on these days?
450 by sachin18590 | 310 comments on Hacker News.
Of late, except for few headline-friendly fields (colliders, quantum computing, gravitational waves and astrophysics in general), I don't get to see/relate with a lot of activities in Physics. Also I have noticed a growing trend of physicists becoming data scientists post phD. Although I understand the money factor, are there any other reasons for this as well?