Working Grad Students...

Working Grad Students... Anybody out there feel me?

#1 epark1281

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Posted 11 October 2006 - 04:59 AM

the days that you have class?
You know what i'm talking about, the days you wake up at 7 to get to work, drive to class at around 5-6pm, and get home around 9-10 pm...
do you ever wonder why the hell ur killing yourself?
Long road ahead

#2 uandme4ever21

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Posted 11 October 2006 - 11:54 AM

QUOTE(epark1281 @ Oct 11 2006, 07:59 AM)

I feel your pain. Although I am not a grad student, I know what it is like since so many of my friends went to grad school and I was a former chemistry major myself. Let me guess, you work long hours in lab, grading papers left and right for unappreciative undergrads, worry about funding and publishing. All in the end, wondering, who will care about my research and what job opportunities are there for me?

What do u plan to do after you get your PhD? work for a pharm/biotech or try and become a professor?

#3 epark1281

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Posted 12 October 2006 - 11:04 AM

I'm already working in Pharm, so the PhD would be for a raise and a boost in position here at work.

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Posted 12 October 2006 - 01:01 PM

QUOTE(epark1281 @ Oct 12 2006, 02:04 PM)

I'm already working in Pharm, so the PhD would be for a raise and a boost in position here at work.

So how do you like it? I knew people who are in it for the same reason but a lot of them just quit the program. The problem with the PhD is that so many things have to match up for them to get a job and plus, there just too many of them for so few positions.

After my pharmD, I figure I was going to do a fellowship in PK, but I figure there aren't that many pharm companies that hire that many PK scientist. Plus I also I figure I would have to compete with all of the PhD people too for the same few jobs. Then I looked into computational chemistry, and it was the same thing. Great thing about having a professional doctorate instead of a graduate doctorate is you can be average and still get a job.

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Posted 12 October 2006 - 03:36 PM

my brother feels you even though he hasn't read/seen this nor does he go on soompi. haha
gosh my poor brother. and poor you.

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#6 epark1281

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Posted 13 October 2006 - 10:45 AM

I basically already have a foot in the door, considering i would have worked at this company for over seven years by the time i do get a degree. In that case, i'm a lock to move up. This company would rather move people in house then get a noob PhD that's unfamiliar with big time Pharm research. But yes, a lot of guys just give up along the way. Unfortunately, i don't have the luxury of a choice.