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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Even our DD who is doing a post grad work year at HYP school in chemistry says the PHD students have warned her off getting one. She doesn’t plan to go into academia if she gets one.

How will the US stay competitive with this type of system? HYP fully funds these types of PhDs![/quote]

The pharmaceutical industry needs medicinal chemists badly. It's a great career with great benefits, lifestyle and salary. Yes, I'm a PhD working in the industry. Come play with me Johnnie. [/quote]

Compared to software tech, pharmaceuticals does not pay well or give good benefits. You go into big pharm as a scientist with a PhD with the same starting salary as a fresh out of undergrad kid going into software development. (90-120k). Software dev pay scales a lot faster as well. And I’m not sure what good benefits you’re talking about, but companies only give average benefits in my experience.

Source: I am a STEM PhD student and DH has a PhD from an Ivy and 6+ years of experience in pharma. We find our friends with no name college degrees are out earning DH easily. [/quote]

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