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An EPO examiner just flew over my house
A quant with a faang internship just flew over my house.
I'm a major in chemistry and I am currently doing part-time lab work in polymer product development. Colleagues are super nice, job is very flexible, manager is awesome but job is tedious, everything smells like plastic shit, the lab is a mess, the work I do involves only limited advanced techniques and instruments and the pay is just ok. I already know now that I don't want to do anything involving plastics ever again after this.Recently got another part-time job offer in a supportive role for clean room process engineering and management at a biopharma company but the job seems to be very regulatory-ish and audity.Is this valuable experience to switch for after 6 months? Long-term I want to do a Master's in materials science and I want to work in some high-value-adding field like semicon or energy materials (batteries, solar etc.) or even pharma if I even had a choice.
>>16894981>Learning STEM for career>Not learning STEM for love of understanding
>>16895265>seeking employment in something you enjoy or loveI shiggy diggy
You just found your absolute dream job posting and the requirements match your experience but at the end there is the following line>requires working with hazardous chemicals such as hydrofluoric acidAre you still applying?
>>16895370>Wants to work in STEM>Is scared of a little HAZMATWear your PPE and follow safety procedures. You're more likely to get fucked up as a fry cook than as a lab tech.
>SAAB mentioned
How the hell did I get to the end of a PhD and never learn how to write a paper and I'm having to learn how to do this at a FAANG INTERNSHIP of all places. My supervisor is lucky I am separated from him by an entire continent.
>>16895580>How the hell did I get to the end of a PhD and never learn how to write a paperSevere retardation, probably some genetic issue due to inbreeding
>>16895370Sure.As >>16895409 points out: follow the procedures. Tryng to play the geenric unorthodox TV hero will get you killed in a particular gruesome fashion.
Reminder that if I can't become a patent attorney despite making 100k a year right out of college, you won't either.You will never become a patent attorney.Give up.
>>16895370without second thought
