<p>“But getting a job with biosci B.S. means washing glassware and slaving away for near minimum wage.”</p>
<p>This is news to me. I worked in industry (biotech) for a couple of years after college, then worked as a lab tech in academia for a couple of years after that. In that time, I bought a house and three (admittedly crappy) cars, paid for a wedding, two cross country moves, started a retirement account. I presented at conferences, published articles, took graduate courses, helped start a company and many other worthwhile non-dishwashing related pursuits. So you see, the pay isn’t bad nor are you relegated to dishwashing.</p>
<p>“I don’t want to do molecular biology specifically since I think it is far too theoretical and useless”
You can’t honestly be serious. Molecular biology is central to agriculture, high tech manufacturing, consumer products, healthcare. Molecular biology makes possible the food you buy at a grocery, the medicine you take when you become ill etc. Molecular biology is an applied science as well as a set of research topics.</p>
<p>You might want to consider that grad students (Phd) in the sciences are paid only a bit less than entry level scientists and lab techs.</p>