<p>First, education does not imply at all that you’ll be able to get a job, you’ve only been told that by your teachers and parents for your entire life. The reality is that these days, tons of PhDs are working jobs where they’re making less than $50,00 or 60,000 working temps jobs. Are you SURE, you need a PhD, or are you really going after one just because you have no idea what you want to do with the rest of your life or don’t want to find a job? Biotech is a notoriously unstable industry, one field becomes hot for 5 or so years and then dies once another field takes off. Bioorganic approaches may be hot now, but will it be 10 years from now? Who knows. If you decided to do a PhD, just make sure you are well rounded. Way, way too many PhD students end up only being able to do 1 or 2 things well because their research is highly specialized which industry is not looking for. I would also try to take some business classes on the side if it were at all possible. You could move into a more of a support type role, such as consultant work, instead of being a scientist in the lab. </p>
<p>Look I’m just one person with an opinion, you can’t let me alone scare you off what you want to do with your life. It’s up for you, and you only to decide. I’m just telling you how it is in biotech.</p>