<p>Assuming I can pull of a 3.7 gpa and do research to earn a masters in 5 years in BME at UVA what would my job prospects be? In terms of salary, work hours, health benefits? What are good places to work? How hard would it be to set up a consulting company?</p>
<p>Assuming I can be the first woman to turn pro hockey and in my spare time do enough chemistry to also get a Nobel prize, what would my awesomeness prospects be? In terms of money, paid trips to Vegas, free trips to a spa? Which team should I play for? How hard would it also be to become an astronaut at the same time?</p>
<p>(Seriously, though, that’s a lot of assumptions, and you know what happens when you assume. If you <em>were</em> to do all that, your job prospects would be excellent. Your salary, work hours, and health benefits would depend upon who you worked for. It would be difficult to set up a consulting company fresh out of grad school. So far as good places to work, just keep your eyes peeled throughout your educational days, see what firms are out there, and talk to people. I don’t think that the readership of this board is as vast as you think it is… Just track down some more junior folks and talk to them, ask them what their experience is. That’s probably the surest bet to figuring out whether a company is a good place to work. You’ll learn which companies are the big names through involvement in professional societies, and by watching carefully as to who’s doing what in the field.)</p>
<p>Prospects: Employed.
Salary: 60-80K in 2008 dollars.
Hours: 40-60 hours/week.
Health Benefits: Yes.
Good places to work:
[Fortune</a> 500 2008: Industry: Pharmaceuticals](<a href=“http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2008/industries/21/index.html]Fortune”>Fortune 500 2008: Industry: Pharmaceuticals)
[Fortune</a> 500 2008: Industry: Medical Products and Equipment](<a href=“http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2008/industries/195/index.html]Fortune”>Fortune 500 2008: Industry: Medical Products and Equipment)
Hard to setup consulting company: Extremely hard.</p>