I am about to finish my chemistry degree. I have no idea what to do after. I dont need much money as I dont do anything and having lots of money isnt important to me. Getting a job using my degree is difficult and working real job would probably make me kill my self. My current ""plan"" is to do a chemistry (organic) masters but I dont really give a shit about chemistry and its just pushing getting a job back a year. Going into academia seems miserable from talking to people anything is better than a 9-5 though?Any advice from chemists that have come before me and found a path?
Graduated in 2010 from a small/medium sized university with a chem degree. You are retarded for not using your time on university to network, look into companies, or get at least some minor real world experience.I was also retarded though. Unless you have a connection, you're just going to start off as a shitty qa or lab tech. Around my area in the midwest there are a lot of food production facilities, and they always needed people who can read an SOP and do a vaguely sciencey task.For the first year out of college, I just kept working at my shitty factory job while interviewing until my standards became low enough and I took an increadibly shitty lab tech job for a sauerkraut factory with 6p to 4a hours.Then I just kept working up from there. I had a minor amount of initiative, and i could problem solve and do more complicated things than the other techs. I swapped jobs to a better factory lab tech position, but it was still really shitty.Eventually I was supervisor, but even that was shitty and I have a 4 weeks notice.Now I work in an engine cleanliness lab where I work alone 95% of the time and it's chill.Most companies suck, so you need to job hop to get to a better most of the time. But to do that you'll need experience or a contact.
>>34418691yea I am kinda retarded for not networking. Ive got to stop being antisocial. Guessed I would start as a lab tech at least it's something. Hoping that graduating from quite a big university will make the wait to get a chemistry adjacent job shorter. >I work in an engine cleanliness lab where I work alone 95% of the time and it's chillA chill job is the dream for me Dont know if doing a masters will help me get a better starting job but 1 more year of not having to get a real job is tempting. Probably is a trap tho.
>>34418628Go into soil or water analysis. Fairly comfy, you mostly deal with people who don't want trouble, genuinely helps with things PS: Fuck this captcha
>>34418628Invent new hallucinogens like Alexander Shulgin
>>34418628I mean I am in a PhD program for chem and the grind is crazy bro. It's free and I get paid though :)
