A question to those who work in any science field.

First of all, from now on, you shall be known as JH in my eyes Bio-chem is a good one. I have to warn you that it is not easy.As far as career goes, anything you get below a masters will either get you a teaching job or lab technician. If you do get a masters, it's still in the shaky area. Some people are successful with a masters and some people end up working in a fastfood place. It really depends on luck and persistance.This is not from personal experience because I am still in school. However, there are 5 people in my nuclear family that are engineers of all the fields you can imagine(you name it), and one of them has a Ph.D. In the general fields of science (like bio, bio-chem, physics, etc...), anything below a Ph.D. is a toss up. If you want to take an easy way out, add the word "engineer" to your major and you probably won't have to spend 20 years in school. Ok, so you are a nutcase Why memorize these junks that we write?

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That's good to hear.I recently met a former graduate of high school. He got his Ph.D. in molecular biology some years ago. He is currently doing hands on research on shark molecular biology. Anyway, he told me that without his wife, which is a successful business woman, he would have been living in a box right now.The problem with having a degree in a general science field is that you are probably going to do research, and most people aren't interested in sponsoring a research that's not going to make a big splash on the news. With the word "engineer" attached to your degree, more options are openned to you in the private sector.This is why my parents are really worried about me right now. I switched from bio pre-med to physics. Since there are already 5 people in my family who are engineers (economically successful, too), I don't want to be just another engineer in the family. I will probably be living in a box somewhere after I get my Ph.D.

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Hahahahaha.

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