<p>My apologies if this thread already exists.
I am just curious regarding the answers that people will give.
So if you are on this path, please share! :)
For me, this short video expresses it well: The</a> Amazing Universe (through the eyes of a scientist) - YouTube</p>
<p>I had an aptitude in it, an interest, and I thought I was doing the right thing for the country with the desperate need for more stem graduates. What a mistake!</p>
<p>May I ask what happened?</p>
<p>The only jobs for scientists are mostly crappy $15 an hour permatemp jobs. Companies see their science staff as toilet paper…A cheap commodity to use for the dirty work and then dispose of. I worked crap jobs for years and am now cured of my passion for science. I hate it.</p>
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<p>People everywhere write as if all STEM subjects are the same in terms of job market demand. So lots of students major in biology (the most popular STEM major, producing about as many graduates as all engineering majors put together) and then find poor job prospects at graduation.</p>
<p>I’ve actually recently changed my undergrad major to biology. 
I don’t expect good or even decent job prospects with the undergrad degree only, and I’m already planning on going to graduate school- not sure exactly what for yet, but I felt that the general bio undergrad would serve as a good foundation.
I have also researched job prospects later down the road, and the phrase ‘post-doc’ now scares me a bit…I feel like I have found my passion however, and I don’t really want to pursue anything else (left my former major because I missed my science courses).</p>
<p>I am sorry to hear that, sschoe2. I can only hope that I won’t have the same experience after obtaining a graduate degree. I don’t really care about the pay as long as I can pay my expenses and live comfortably enough. I’d rather have a career that I found great meaning/passion in. Hopefully all goes well…</p>
<p>PhD in biology may not have great prospects either, as tenure track faculty positions and the like may be in short supply relative to the number of graduates. (Of course, it is possible to get a good position of that nature, but just be aware of the amount of competition involved.)</p>
<p>[Education:</a> The PhD factory : Nature News](<a href=“http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110420/full/472276a.html]Education:”>Education: The PhD factory | Nature)</p>