Quote Originally Posted by pharm_teg
Again, I'm appalled at what you think is applicable to everyone.
You are putting words that I never uttered into my mouth. You need to go back and re-read my posts.

The sole disagreement I have with you is your smug ass attitude that ONLY specialized degrees are the ONLY degrees to have because that is obviuosly what YOU are seeking and according to you the only ones that "make money". And my whole stance on that has been that is simply not true. For professionals like Doctors, nurses, pharmacists, lawyers, etc. that is in fact true. For the vast majority of everyone else, it is not.

Put it this way: You have your happy little Pharmacy degree and go out to the big bad real world to seek your FIRST position as a pharmacist somewhere. The decision for the position comes down to you and another candidate. The ONLY difference between the two of you is his "degree" is not from Mercer Univ or UGA but from a little school in Kansas BUT he has 2 yrs experience and you have ZERO. Who do you think is going to get the job?????

Another scenario: You have a Pharmacy degree and Joe Schmo has a BA. Yall both apply for a position with ABC Medical supplies as a Director of one of their depts. He has experience in management and YOU don't. He has that "lesser" degree to your "superior" specialized one. Again, who do you think will get the job??? In this scenario your degree means very little because it is not centered around Pharmacy only. If it were, you'd be the hands down winner, but only in the PHARMACY setting. In the other 50 million job possibilities it's worthless. Follow now?



Come back to me in 5 years and then we'll compare paychecks. I guess the 26y/o Pharms I know making $100k+ made some wrong decisions. LoL.
Gladly. You wanna put money on that? Maybe I get your paycheck if mine is higher??? What you fail to understand that I have very good friends who are ALREADY Pharmacists pal. Not yet Pharmacists, working Pharmacists. I know how much a Pharmacist makes. My aunt is a Pharmacist and has been as long as I can remember. So don't sit there all smug and think for a minute that I have noooo clue what a Pharmacist makes. I know exactly what a Pharmacist makes and judging by your estimates.....I may know MORE than YOU do.....



You have turned this into way more than what it was intended. I don't like your smug ass attitude that YOUR "degree" is sooo much better than a measly ole businees degree or any other degree for that matter.

#1- you don't have shit yet. Brag AFTER you have graduated. Brag AFTER you are making money. Brag AFTER you've got a JOB. Until then it's merely pompous and arrogant to do so. Especially when someone who's already BEEN THERE is telling you to cool it.

#2- I said I had an issue with the #'s game because there is no way to substantiate those numbers. In other words, those numbers are skewed. Some Pharmacists make $100k/yr whereas some make $50k/yr. So therefore if you say that a Pharmacy degree will "guarantee" you $100k/yr it is FALSE. A better statement would be to say, "Pharmacists can make upwards of a $100k....or Pharmacists make around $80K/yr". But to proclaim, when YOU have never even graduated from school yet to BE a Pharmacist, that you WILL make X amount of $ when you finish is again smug and foolish. I was merely telling you and everyone else that numbers don't mean shit. Choose a degree/career that will be in high demand and is versatile. You can also choose to go with a specialized degree if you want, but that's also putting all your eggs in one basket. You'd better be damn sure that's the career you want (which means you HAVE to know WHAT you want to do too) if you choose that because that specialized degree is good for only ONE type of job. So if that ONE type of job doesn't pan out for you, you will be left with nothing to fall back on. Then that specialized degree will only be as good as the JOB you can find. Again, you wanna argue with that? Be my guest.


Just to clarify something: I think that a career in Pharmacy is actually a good career. It is a good choice if you have the aptitude for it. Excellent. I'm not trying to talk down to anyone choosing that career path at all.

The same goes for Doctors, nurses, lawyers, etc. I have some very close friends that are studying right now to be nurses and doctors. My sister in law as a matter of fact is also going to school to be nurse....this after already having a degree in criminal justice (hence why I said to be sure of your career path BEFORE hand because if you don't use it it's worthless).

People go on to have very fruitful careers as Doctors, Nurses, Lawyers, or Pharmacists (just for you ) after obviously getting a specialized degree so it's also obvious it's definetly not a worthless degree. I also know that many many successful and if you measure success by bank acccounts also wealthy people got to where they are w/o a specialized degree you keep inferring is the ONLY way to get there. That is simply not true.

That's my point and has been since the beginning.