<p>Anything physical and with math is good.</p>
<p>My manager at the pharmaceutical plant I interned at did his PhD in physical chemistry. His specialty had nothing to do with pharmaceuticals but the boss hired him just because he knows chemistry, physics, math and programming.</p>
<p>Stay the hell away from anything with the word “bio”, “medical”, “biomedical”, “cell” or “pre” in it. Pharmaceuticals is supposed to be all about bio right? no, the boss hired a guy that knows physical chemistry to manage the bio people.</p>