And if you pick a profession based solely on the potential income, I wish you luck because you're going to be a very unhappy person.
I thought this was common knowledge. They might start there but they'll also top near there. I guess it could be impressive if you're IT or engineer making $45-60k starting out in comparison. If I was going to school for that long and in that kind of competitive program, I could think of other fields where the pay is double or triple that coming out and the ceiling lot higher.
i'll let that slide because you're old.
Yep, pharmacists are always in demand. Pharmacy schools don't really matter (some state schools don't need PCATs test scores). If you get into a less prestigious pharm school you'll make the same as one from a private pharm school just with less debt. You count to 30-60-90 all day everyday and it's very tedious. But there are the automated counters and pill dispensers and there are programs to determine bad drug interactions. You can get sued for giving the wrong medication but that's what insurance is for.
If pharmacy life gets boring you can go work at a drug company and make a little bit more.
/wishes I went to pharm school...
Kind of fucked up that we have people wishing that a job field should be replaced by computers. I love technology, but it has probably killed as many jobs as our companies outsourcing overseas. Can you imagine what will happen to our lower class when fast food companies replace their workforce with machines? Hell imagine a completely automated Walmart...
From what I've heard, many current students and newly-minted pharmacists are complaining about lack of job opportunities and increased market saturation due to the number of pharm schools popping up around the country. Then again, it might just be a case of the vocal minority out-screaming the content majority.
Kind of fucked up that we have people wishing that a job field should be replaced by computers. I love technology, but it has probably killed as many jobs as our companies outsourcing overseas. Can you imagine what will happen to our lower class when fast food companies replace their workforce with machines? Hell imagine a completely automated Walmart...
I love how it takes them 20min to fill my gf's birth control prescription. It comes in a pack, all they do is put a sticker with her name on it.
We aren't talking about people making $5 an hour here. We're talking about people making in excess of $100K a year performing functions a computer could easily do. Their salary represents a huge amount of overhead given what they actually do.
It would be a boring ass job though. At least the ones working retail at places like walmart, CVS, etc...
I love how it takes them 20min to fill my gf's birth control prescription. It comes in a pack, all they do is put a sticker with her name on it.
When does that happen? I don't even really talk to the pharmacist. I give them the thingy, go sit down for a while, they give me the pills, I say thank you, end of transaction.Sorry, but it's going to be some time before a computer can do the job. For all the talk of Watson, it doesn't make judgment calls. Had some guy bitch some years ago and much of the talk was the same as here. Know what a pharmacist is good for? To keep your doctor from killing you
You must really hate bulldozers and front end loaders. Think of all the people with shovels they replaced...Kind of fucked up that we have people wishing that a job field should be replaced by computers. I love technology, but it has probably killed as many jobs as our companies outsourcing overseas. Can you imagine what will happen to our lower class when fast food companies replace their workforce with machines? Hell imagine a completely automated Walmart...
It's more than putting your pills in a bottle, and if you think that attorney mandated sheet is a replacement, Cthulhu help you.
I think they're jacking off back there. The medication I get for my blood sugar thing comes in a brand name package with all of the instructions printed on the label. It takes them a good 10-20 minutes to put a sticker on it and figure out how to charge my insurance for this thing. I can understand paperwork taking a while, but they have all of my stuff on file. They don't even ask for insurance information since they already have it.
When does that happen?
Touche.
Maybe when I am older that might be true, but I refuse to speak to the pharmacist now and the fact that Wal Mart requires it is ridiculous.
Some of that depends on the state you are in. The government mandates a lot you never know about, or it could just be Wallyworld. Dunno.
Kind of fucked up that we have people wishing that a job field should be replaced by computers. I love technology, but it has probably killed as many jobs as our companies outsourcing overseas. Can you imagine what will happen to our lower class when fast food companies replace their workforce with machines? Hell imagine a completely automated Walmart...