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KGB1

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I'm in BioChemistry. I've taken Chemistry for one and a half semester now..Great I mean really GREAT field. Awsome interships and awsome opportunities. It's a career that helps you succeed anywhere and doesn't need an official language (well scientific languagag of course ) But I strongly urge you to take chemistry. 1 For the reason of drugs and also you meet really intelligent, dedicated people who are really excited about the profession.
 

Shockwave

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Originally posted by: Walleye
Originally posted by: Shockwave
Be a chemist. Find me when yu graduate. I WILL make you rich (and retired) within 5 years.

drugs?

Hey, put morals and "good citizen" crap aside. You want money fast? Sell drugs. You wanna make Bill gates look like the street bum? Make drugs.

Ok, so maybe you wont be Bill Gates, but by God you'll have more money then you'll know what to do with. And the only thing my puzzle is missing for completion is a competent chemist.......
 

Walleye

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Originally posted by: Shockwave
Originally posted by: Walleye
Originally posted by: Shockwave
Be a chemist. Find me when yu graduate. I WILL make you rich (and retired) within 5 years.

drugs?

Hey, put morals and "good citizen" crap aside. You want money fast? Sell drugs. You wanna make Bill gates look like the street bum? Make drugs.

Ok, so maybe you wont be Bill Gates, but by God you'll have more money then you'll know what to do with. And the only thing my puzzle is missing for completion is a competent chemist.......

hehe... isnt this something some columbians are working on?

money can buy the world... i like your thinking...


one thing. i get australia.
 

Silex

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argh, I'm in ee, but wanted to do me, and now I'm all out of engineering in general and am getting into management science with a minor in computer science.
 

jpeyton

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If you want to work with a CS degree, move to India.

Hahaha.
 

jpeyton

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Originally posted by: coldcut
Screw both, major in Hotel & Restaurant Management.

I hear Cornell has a nice program for that.

Bastiges waitlisted me three years ago. But hey, at least the school I'm attending now paid for everything, and then some.
 

CanOWorms

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Originally posted by: fyleow
I always thought EE came out on top for base salary?

I think ChemE usually has better starting salaries, but EEs have better average salaries (beyond first-time employees).
 

Shockwave

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Originally posted by: Walleye
Originally posted by: Shockwave
Originally posted by: Walleye
Originally posted by: Shockwave
Be a chemist. Find me when yu graduate. I WILL make you rich (and retired) within 5 years.

drugs?

Hey, put morals and "good citizen" crap aside. You want money fast? Sell drugs. You wanna make Bill gates look like the street bum? Make drugs.

Ok, so maybe you wont be Bill Gates, but by God you'll have more money then you'll know what to do with. And the only thing my puzzle is missing for completion is a competent chemist.......

hehe... isnt this something some columbians are working on?

money can buy the world... i like your thinking...


one thing. i get australia.

I'll give you that and most of China.
Get me a chemist.
 

Chaotic42

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Chemistry. There are a bunch of things you can do with it. Other than get an IT or programming job, what good is a CS degree?
 

EngenZerO

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do both. i am still in the midst of doing micriobiology and cis ( one year of hell left ).
 

Apathetic

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The only down side to chemistry is that you'll *HAVE* to get a Masters or PhD to get a really good job. Go with what you like. If you like them both, I'd probably go with Chemistry. If you like biology at all, I'd recommend you check out Bio-Chemistry.

My degree is Computer Science.

Dave
 

Ausm

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Originally posted by: jumpr
Chemistry...there's a HUGE glut of people in CS now, and chemistry (and the things it leads to: med school, biochemistry, etc.) is a field where people will ALWAYS be needed.

I agree.you have to exceptionally gifted to really do well in CS

Ausm
 

Walleye

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Originally posted by: Apathetic
The only down side to chemistry is that you'll *HAVE* to get a Masters or PhD to get a really good job. Go with what you like. If you like them both, I'd probably go with Chemistry. If you like biology at all, I'd recommend you check out Bio-Chemistry.

My degree is Computer Science.

Dave

i intend on getting masters on whatever i go with, and if that is chemistry, then maybe a bachelors in CS. i dun know.. it's not like school scares me
 

Babbles

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As a chemist I am warning you and would advise you to think twice (or more) about the analytical chemistry field. The market is way oversaturated and massively bites at the moment. The pay, by and large really really sucks. My girlfriend does that programming thing and I do analytical chemistry and she gets paid an easy $20k more then I do.

Just go to Hot Jobs or something and do a quick search, you will not find that many openings - hell I have been looking.

Also, if you do want to do Chemistry go for a Masters. A Ph.D. is cool and all, but for time/money vs 'reward' many people do not see it as worthwhile. For a PhD to be really usefull you need a few years of post doc (else you will just be an overglorified chemist tech type person with a doctorate) and by the time you get your doctrate, plus a few years of post doc you could have been in the industry getting real experience.

However, luckily, the analytical chemistry field does rely more on experience then degree. Meaning that in mosts cases a chemist with five years of experience is much better then somebody with a year of experience and a master's.

If you can get into a more research type chemistry field, that may work out better money and prestige-wise. Much more difficult to get one of those positions and as with many things in life it is a who you know type deal.

One thing I enjoy about doing chemisty, and as shallow as it may be, I do stuff that most people do not do. I know tons upon tons of people who do computer related stuff. They are a dime a dozen and nothing impressing at all about it. At least the feeling I get for being a chemist is that I do real science - not this computer 'science' stuff - and I feel kind of impressed with myself. It is much more difficult, by and large, to get a science degree then most other fields.

I suppose if your choice was between CS and chemistry and you wanted to get a Master's then I do think that chemistry would be a better choice. Hopefully the market will be much improved in six years, or whenever you graduate.

Another word of advice, get a job in a laboratory ASAP. Even if it is just washing glassware or other inane tasks, even if a lab is not advertising, just call them up and see if they need somebody to busts some suds. I would recommend a private laboratory and not some co-op at a school lab, but as I say that you still do some research in college but have a job in the private sector as well.
Follow me there? Permanent job in the private sector, a semester or whatever doing research in school.

Learn as much as you can about instruments.
Just like many other jobs out there, what you learn in school is so different when compared to 'real life' and learning instrumentation would be great. You may get to play with some GC, spectrophotometer, or something of that nature; but again, learn as much as you can. Especially Gas Chromatography (GC) as that is the general fundamental of analytical chemistry.

Good luck with whatever you decide.
 
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