Anonymous wrote:Analytical chemist specializing in protein biochemistry. There are a lot of open positions for someone who can operate a mass spectrometer. It pays well even if you don't have a PhD.

Can you elaborate please? How do you find the open positions? My son graduated in biochemistry and he’s not finding anything in his field. 100’s of resumes sent and not one interview.

Anonymous wrote:Get a PhD in a biochem lab and go into pharma industry. They offer programs now for fresh graduates. Work in the lab in pharma and then move up into management being a thought leader.

Surprised I had to read to page 2 to find this. There are hundreds of different types of jobs at a big pharma company that require bio and chem backgrounds. PhD if you want to be a researcher. MS if you want to be something like a product or project manager (though sometimes they have PhDs too). Once they get experience there, there are 2934857 biotech startups they could jump to.

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Anonymous wrote:Dermatology.

Stay out of research.

Be a community college professor, though the demand for this is shrinking.

Consider Maryland’s PhD-C and be a researching psychologist.

Actually, be a PA. They can switch specialities, unlike doctors. My doctor friends and my underpaid PhD friends wish they’d been Physician Assistants!!

I would be a nurse practitioner over a PA. You can write prescriptions. More in demand.

PA can write prescriptions.
The difference is NP can work without MD
Supervision so they have more independence.
PA can easily change specialties so it is more flexible.

I’m an MD and wouldn’t want to be pa/ np. They make 2/3 and know 1/4.

Only an MD would think that 2/3 the pay for way less headache isn't the right answer.

Headache of what? Less knowledge or less schooling? I wouldn’t do something that I don’t have the true training for.

Ah yes, because 4 years of med school is the perfect amount of training and there's zero possibility that you couldn't do 2/3 the practice with less schooling. Do you have any empirical evidence to support your belief or just some vibes?

4 yr medical school, 4 yr residency, possibly 2 yr fellowship and your whole career in 1 field.vs 2 yr NP or PA program and str8 to seeing patients-also can switch specialties whenever you want-so see psych patients, then gi patients then gyn patients..you need some evidence of this? I mean look i dont really care ill long be dead before medicine changes, however its scary who will take care of my when i need the ER

meaning medicine changes to AI

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Anonymous wrote:Dermatology.

Stay out of research.

Be a community college professor, though the demand for this is shrinking.

Consider Maryland’s PhD-C and be a researching psychologist.

Actually, be a PA. They can switch specialities, unlike doctors. My doctor friends and my underpaid PhD friends wish they’d been Physician Assistants!!

I would be a nurse practitioner over a PA. You can write prescriptions. More in demand.

PA can write prescriptions.
The difference is NP can work without MD
Supervision so they have more independence.
PA can easily change specialties so it is more flexible.

I’m an MD and wouldn’t want to be pa/ np. They make 2/3 and know 1/4.

Only an MD would think that 2/3 the pay for way less headache isn't the right answer.

Headache of what? Less knowledge or less schooling? I wouldn’t do something that I don’t have the true training for.

Ah yes, because 4 years of med school is the perfect amount of training and there's zero possibility that you couldn't do 2/3 the practice with less schooling. Do you have any empirical evidence to support your belief or just some vibes?

4 yr medical school, 4 yr residency, possibly 2 yr fellowship and your whole career in 1 field.vs 2 yr NP or PA program and str8 to seeing patients-also can switch specialties whenever you want-so see psych patients, then gi patients then gyn patients..you need some evidence of this? I mean look i dont really care ill long be dead before medicine changes, however its scary who will take care of my when i need the ER

My nephew was a bio major He recently graduated and got a great job at Jackson K
Labs in Maine.

Dentistry or intellectual property attorney

Analytical chemist specializing in protein biochemistry. There are a lot of open positions for someone who can operate a mass spectrometer. It pays well even if you don't have a PhD.

genetic counselor

Chemical engineer?

I loved learning science but didn’t enjoy actually being in a lab doing the same things over and over again.

My advice is to volunteer at a hospital or get an internship at a lab to see if this is something they really want to pursue. After working overseas for 8 years, I eventually became a teacher since it matches my desire for challenges with life long learning and flexibility.

Also recognize that science in high school is easy compared to college where you are now suddenly competing with a lot of very smart people in systems designed to weed out the less capable.

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Anonymous wrote:Dermatology.

Stay out of research.

Be a community college professor, though the demand for this is shrinking.

Consider Maryland’s PhD-C and be a researching psychologist.

Actually, be a PA. They can switch specialities, unlike doctors. My doctor friends and my underpaid PhD friends wish they’d been Physician Assistants!!

I would be a nurse practitioner over a PA. You can write prescriptions. More in demand.

PA can write prescriptions.
The difference is NP can work without MD
Supervision so they have more independence.
PA can easily change specialties so it is more flexible.

I’m an MD and wouldn’t want to be pa/ np. They make 2/3 and know 1/4.

Only an MD would think that 2/3 the pay for way less headache isn't the right answer.

Headache of what? Less knowledge or less schooling? I wouldn’t do something that I don’t have the true training for.

Ah yes, because 4 years of med school is the perfect amount of training and there's zero possibility that you couldn't do 2/3 the practice with less schooling. Do you have any empirical evidence to support your belief or just some vibes?

Get a PhD in a biochem lab and go into pharma industry. They offer programs now for fresh graduates. Work in the lab in pharma and then move up into management being a thought leader.

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Anonymous wrote:Dermatology.

Stay out of research.

Be a community college professor, though the demand for this is shrinking.

Consider Maryland’s PhD-C and be a researching psychologist.

Actually, be a PA. They can switch specialities, unlike doctors. My doctor friends and my underpaid PhD friends wish they’d been Physician Assistants!!

I would be a nurse practitioner over a PA. You can write prescriptions. More in demand.

PA can write prescriptions.
The difference is NP can work without MD
Supervision so they have more independence.
PA can easily change specialties so it is more flexible.

I’m an MD and wouldn’t want to be pa/ np. They make 2/3 and know 1/4.

Only an MD would think that 2/3 the pay for way less headache isn't the right answer.

Headache of what? Less knowledge or less schooling? I wouldn’t do something that I don’t have the true training for.

Yes it takes less time and money to be a nppa however once you start working and being responsible for life death decisions it’s a big headache. It’s not worth it unless you have the compensation.

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Anonymous wrote:Dermatology.

Stay out of research.

Be a community college professor, though the demand for this is shrinking.

Consider Maryland’s PhD-C and be a researching psychologist.

Actually, be a PA. They can switch specialities, unlike doctors. My doctor friends and my underpaid PhD friends wish they’d been Physician Assistants!!

I would be a nurse practitioner over a PA. You can write prescriptions. More in demand.

PA can write prescriptions.
The difference is NP can work without MD
Supervision so they have more independence.
PA can easily change specialties so it is more flexible.

I’m an MD and wouldn’t want to be pa/ np. They make 2/3 and know 1/4.

Only an MD would think that 2/3 the pay for way less headache isn't the right answer.

I have to agree. The PAs / NPs I see are way more attentive than the MDs.

That hasn’t been my experience. It depends on the person.

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Anonymous wrote:Dermatology.

Stay out of research.

Be a community college professor, though the demand for this is shrinking.

Consider Maryland’s PhD-C and be a researching psychologist.

Actually, be a PA. They can switch specialities, unlike doctors. My doctor friends and my underpaid PhD friends wish they’d been Physician Assistants!!

I would be a nurse practitioner over a PA. You can write prescriptions. More in demand.

PA can write prescriptions.
The difference is NP can work without MD
Supervision so they have more independence.
PA can easily change specialties so it is more flexible.

I’m an MD and wouldn’t want to be pa/ np. They make 2/3 and know 1/4.

Only an MD would think that 2/3 the pay for way less headache isn't the right answer.

Headache of what? Less knowledge or less schooling? I wouldn’t do something that I don’t have the true training for.