<p>I have been a pharmacist for 21 years. As someone else said, there are a lot of different options for pharmacists (hospital, retail, longterm care, teaching, etc…) and you can live anywhere (mountains, beach, desert) and be a pharmacist. There is a lot of flexibility and it is quite common for pharmacists to be able to work part-time. The problem is, like most health-care jobs, a lot of pharmacist jobs require you to work evenings, weekends, holidays and/or nights which once you have a family isn’t as appealing. The other problem is that a pharmacist who has worked for 20 years often makes the same as a new grad. I have a lot of friends who are doctors. For most doctors, working 40 hours a week is considered part-time. Also, what I didn’t know, is that doctors have to “buy in” to a practice. Most of the doctors I know are not making the money that doctors used to make and all say that it is a huge mistake to go into medicine for the money.</p>