<p>I'm currently a junior majoring in biology and I was looking at my post-college options.<br>
I know that it's very hard to become a professor after getting your phD and I was wondering what the outlook is for people holding phDs in industry (not like finance based companies but like biotech companies) or like what sorts of jobs are out there for them and whether it's as difficult to get an industry job as like say a PI of a lab in comparison to what it's like in academia.<br>
Also, out of curiosity, what sort of education is required for people who are part of a science journal like Nature. I guess going into science journalism isn't that common.</p>
<p>you see what's happening in amgen right now? that's what it's like to work in industry...</p>
<p>As I understand it, getting into editing at a journal is a career option that people take after getting a PhD. (I have a friend looking into it right now, but I don't know much about it.)</p>
<p>It's probably as difficult to become the PI of a lab in pharma/biotech as it is in academia, but there are more stable jobs available for non-PIs. I mean, you can't be an academic postdoc forever.</p>
<p>As far as career options go, I would say that in the absolute worse case scenario for somebody with a PhD in biology (or any other science for that matter) is to just become a high school science teacher, which is actually a pretty decent job. Sure, you'll never be rich, but you get the whole summer off, and almost all of the other school vacations off. The job is highly stable, with most school districts offering tenure which, once you have it, makes you nearly unfireable. The benefits tend to be quite good, relative to what you get in industry. It's not a bad life.</p>