<p>I really don’t see trends in science employment reversing anytime soon. The bloodbath in pharma continues, jobs are continuing to be off-shored, BLS still projects anemic or no growth in the field, I’ve been watching the field for a while now and am continueing to see staffing agencies take over the jobs and offer poorer and poorer pay and benefits though the Affordable Care Act may force agencies to offer health benefits unless they just reduce their hours to part time status which is entirely probable. </p>
<p>You may feel all young and idealistic now but when you start hitting your 30’s and want to mary and possibly have kids, need stable employment, and want to be able to eat stuff other than ramen noodles and peanut butter or not live in a crappy apartment with room mates your desire to satiate your love science will be overcome by your desire to have a more pleasant life.</p>