| Oh, unfair comment UnseenShadow! You must have had a really boring job! Pharmacy has tons of options. Not only can you be guaranteed of work in just about any city, but you have lots of schedule options and work environments to choose from. Some include: big chain retail, small independent retail, teaching hospital, community hospital, long term care, home infusion, consulting, radiopharmacy, pharmaceutical sales, pharmaceutical manufacturing, drug development, research, etc. And of course there is always health care management (MPH or MBA) or health law (JD). You can have as much interaction with doctors, nurses and patients as you like. Yes, some tasks are mundane (that's why we have technicians!), but when you can put your knowledge to use to monitor drug therapies, counsel patients, make recommendations to physicians, develop or bring a new drug to market, it seems pretty good. Also, you can work day or evening shifts, or 4 ten-hour days per week, or 7 days on and 7 days off, or self-designated schedule if you own a store of if you consult. It's really pretty flexible.
I am a pharmacist and I have 4 engineers in my family. Engineering is quite diverse too with a variety of fields and work environments. One person was high up in management of a big corporation (suit and a corner office thing), one manages a small company (flannel shirt and jeans thing), one is a university professor, and the last is my son, who is still a student.
It seems to me that "I like bio and chem" = pharmacy, while "I like math and physics" = engineering. Pharmacy needs some math, but engineering needs much more. Pharmacy will have chemistry of some sort every year, so you gotta love it. Good luck with your decision. |