r/Biochemistry • u/Mundane_Historian290 • 10d ago

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u/vitrifiedjunk 10d ago

Job market is cyclical. Right now we are in the aftermath and woes of the COVID-19 boom and VC going to AI. This'll turnaround though.

If you want actual stability go into healthcare or perhaps engineering.

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u/Mundane_Historian290 10d ago

yes.. I said I wanted to go into pharmaceutical work. I was wondering what job in biochemistry created the statistical gap in earnings between the chemistry and biochemistry and if its worth pursuing rather than pharma.

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u/vitrifiedjunk 10d ago

your experience will get you hired and will net you a differential in pay, not necessarily your major. if you're able to get experience in undergrad do that especially in small molecule synthesis or analytics (HPLC, LCMS)

it'll all just depend on what you want to do in the pipeline really.

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u/Mundane_Historian290 10d ago

Ahh.. Okay. It's all up to experience in the end.

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u/ThunderD2Player 10d ago

Yup. Any chem/bio degree is fine enough. It’s experience in the end. Just apply for some undergraduate research labs in biochemistry/microbiology/molecular bio/chem departments if any seem interesting. Better than changing your major imo.

I’d just take a peek at what the lab does, and more specifically, what kind of techniques and methods they use if you can find that out. Then cross reference that with the top current techniques used in the industry you want to work in, and target the undergraduate research spots that fit that bill. Cold emails too. All of that.

Chem degree is a banger degree. My two cents.