Posted: Apr 25, 2012 6:28 am
With a bio degree you can go into the healthcare industry, the business side of it that is. I did a Masters, spent some time in research, started a PhD, but the writing's on the wall for the research career I reckon. Unless you're in a big well-funded lab, with well-connected seniors, it's very hard yards*.
When my wife (also bio, also doing research) 're-trained' by going to med school, I bailed from research and went and got a job as a drug rep. A great job for a few years (for me anyway, some people spend their career in sales), then I bridged into marketing and management, and have recently switched into medical devices.
It's a been a well-paid, stimulating, and rewarding career. So far.
* My wife's a subspecialist physician who's now started a PhD in a group with very strong leadership and funding, and is still struggling to make it work. I can't for the life of me fathom why anyone would choose a career in research any more.
When my wife (also bio, also doing research) 're-trained' by going to med school, I bailed from research and went and got a job as a drug rep. A great job for a few years (for me anyway, some people spend their career in sales), then I bridged into marketing and management, and have recently switched into medical devices.
It's a been a well-paid, stimulating, and rewarding career. So far.
* My wife's a subspecialist physician who's now started a PhD in a group with very strong leadership and funding, and is still struggling to make it work. I can't for the life of me fathom why anyone would choose a career in research any more.