<p>Just wonder if anyone was studying to become a Pharmacist. Up until now ive been majoring in Comp Sci. But I think I would rather be a pharmacist. The pay is pretty dam good if you ask me. Anyone else thinking of becoming one? If so how are the classes? Hard?</p>
<p>hmmm that's interesting.</p>
<p>CS could be a springboard to so many other things in the computer world that have great pay, as it is generally well rounded. I would think that pharmacy would isolate you, relatively speaking.</p>
<p>I would say that there is no comparison...it's obvious. Either be a pharmacist or major in CS and have many doors open. Networking, programming, hardware, software, the ability to maybe one day make lots of money as a developer. I mean cmon.... I'm sorry but you didn't think before you spit that message out and posted it.</p>
<p>You've got to be kidding. If only for the money even....?? There's no justification there. Now maybe if you owned and operated a highly successful pharmacy one day, that's a different story. But you can own and operate countless different businesses and make money... so what else were you thinking?</p>
<p>Pharmacy is a really good career, and the pay is quite good. You should make sure that it is something you really want to do though- lots of jobs involve long and busy days. However, compensation is generally really I good. I don't know where you are, but I know in CA where I am, lots of chains will lure in new graduates with bonuses, will pay off student loans, etc. I know someone who actually works a schedule of 7 days on, 7 days off at Rite Aid- a pretty nice schedule which allows him plenty of time for other interests, etc. On the other hand, owning a business can have some nice perks, also. My dad is a partner at a pharmacy, and really enjoys being in charge, as well as being able to direct his time to more patient-related work, such as diabetes counseling, emergency contraception, etc. Pre-pharm courses are generally the same as pre-med or pre-dent, meaning g-bio, g-chem, o-chem, anatomy, calc, etc, so are subject to lots of weeding out classes. Pharmacy school is quite difficult and time consuming also, but if you get to that point I think getting through it generally isn't a problem.</p>
<p>A lot of pharmacy has expanded beyond community and retail - increasingly more and more PharmDs are going into academia, industry, and the clinical fields. It's very fascinating to have power of applied physiology in the very back of your mind and being able to actually <em>use</em> it. Pharmacy school is hard, but you really have to like it. It's a tragedy when so many people come out of various schools and work in retail miserably for the money. It's a waste of effort, money, and time in the profession when people don't put their heart into it. For much of it, I blame the money incentive, much like the way people are misguidedly entering the professions of pharmacy and medicine for prestige and economic security. It hurts everyone in the end. However, I get through a lot of the days knowing that so many of us are driven to help and heal others with our knowledge - the altruism is really a core part of humanity within the healing arts, and it's nice to go out into the world and make a difference.</p>
<p>I’am majoring in computer eng. now and I was thinking about changing my major to pharmacy but I don’t know. Have you changed your major? If you did how is eveything going for you.</p>
<p>I also wanted to ask if it is really competitive to get into pharmacy school? Specifically in California.</p>
<p>Hi,
sorry if reviving an old thread is annoying to the regulars on the forum, but I have some insights. I’m a pharmacy student who’s working as a pharmacy technician right now. I also have a strong background in computer science and I think there is a huge demand for people that know both pharmacy and robotics. This demand will rise enormously in the future as automated dispensing, nanomedicine, and robotic compounding take off. </p>
<p>Every program has at least one glitch in my experience. I have seen pharmacy programs, such as ScriptPro, have hundreds and with no one on staff qualified to debug or work around the glitches. When techs aren’t qualified to update Scriptpro, and for $8-$10 an hour they usually won’t be, there will be even more errors that can slow down potential business. </p>
<p>That’s where we come into play.</p>