Posted by: blahblahblah October 14, 2008
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Research is life science requires highest educational attainment and yet the pay is lowest in terms of PhD graduates. So if you are in it for the money, go into Bioinformatics or get a very specialized Masters Degree eg. in Biotech, Food Science, Genetic Counselling and things like that. If you are US citizen, a joint degree: PhD in Molecular Biology and JD and go into Patent Law.
@ Good job: I don't think surviving PhD is very easy. If you are doing PhD at a relatively good place, you have a lot of hard work. There are courses in the first years and you basically live in the research lab. You have to maintain good relationship with your supervisor and you have no life. The drop out rate for a PhD is the highest so it may look easy on the surface but it is quite hard. Are you a PhD student?
@ Good job: I don't think surviving PhD is very easy. If you are doing PhD at a relatively good place, you have a lot of hard work. There are courses in the first years and you basically live in the research lab. You have to maintain good relationship with your supervisor and you have no life. The drop out rate for a PhD is the highest so it may look easy on the surface but it is quite hard. Are you a PhD student?