Finally a licensed pharmacist!

[ricky409]

Originally Posted by AME416

Originally Posted by ricky409

Originally Posted by DC SOUNDS

i always wanted to become a pharmacist. back in college, i made the immature decision to do my undergrad in business administration/accounting because i didn't have the patience for 6 to 8 years of school. I sometimes regret it now. I ended up graduating, working for a Big 4 public accounting firm as an auditor, and got my CPA license. I'm 26 years old now and thinking about doing a total 180, and switching careers and pursuing my original dream. Thinking rationally, I would end up doing at least another 4 yrs of school, acquire a couple hundred grand of debt, and be at least 30 years old when its all said and done, it would be a lot easier to just stick around as a CPA in the field of financial reporting as I am now. I don't love accounting though, I see a lot of pharmacists who really see their career as something meaningful at he end of the day.....NT...anyone jump into pharmacy this late in the game, what do you guys think?

fambs... i'm WITH YOU 100%...

i'm finna be 22 in august... getting ready to get my marketing degree in august...

and going to knock out my MBA afterwards (got a scholly to play at a school for my last year of basketball, so i figure, why not gone ahead and get it)

but i'm SERIOUSLY thinking about applying for a pharmecy school as soon as i finish my MBA up...

might take me 6 years to get it...

but i'll have an MBA and pharmacy degree by the time i'm 30...

what yall think??

pharmaceuticals was my DREAM job field comin up... and switched cuz i didnt think i was good enough...

A lot of schools nowadays have PharmD/MBA duel degree programs...

i was thinking about gettin my MBA in Human Health services to ease the transition.

 

[antonlavey]

Originally Posted by JewSeeJay

Originally Posted by eashawty

congrats my dude, u finna be makin good money real soon. my uncle been a pharmacist for almost 30 years now. he work at a hospital tho, but he make close to 400k a year

pharmacist at hospitals generally make less than those employed by private companies...and the high end for "working" Pharmacist is about 150k... OP making 127 before taxes in CA...

not callin duckatales flat out but thats VERY hard to believe... my aunts a pharmacist at Walgreens and has been for almost 15 years, my sisters in pharmacy school now

I was about to say, if they make anywhere close to that amt. I'm dropping out of school today, and applying to pharmacy school.

 

[ricky409]

Originally Posted by AME416

Originally Posted by ricky409

Originally Posted by DC SOUNDS

i always wanted to become a pharmacist. back in college, i made the immature decision to do my undergrad in business administration/accounting because i didn't have the patience for 6 to 8 years of school. I sometimes regret it now. I ended up graduating, working for a Big 4 public accounting firm as an auditor, and got my CPA license. I'm 26 years old now and thinking about doing a total 180, and switching careers and pursuing my original dream. Thinking rationally, I would end up doing at least another 4 yrs of school, acquire a couple hundred grand of debt, and be at least 30 years old when its all said and done, it would be a lot easier to just stick around as a CPA in the field of financial reporting as I am now. I don't love accounting though, I see a lot of pharmacists who really see their career as something meaningful at he end of the day.....NT...anyone jump into pharmacy this late in the game, what do you guys think?

fambs... i'm WITH YOU 100%...

i'm finna be 22 in august... getting ready to get my marketing degree in august...

and going to knock out my MBA afterwards (got a scholly to play at a school for my last year of basketball, so i figure, why not gone ahead and get it)

but i'm SERIOUSLY thinking about applying for a pharmecy school as soon as i finish my MBA up...

might take me 6 years to get it...

but i'll have an MBA and pharmacy degree by the time i'm 30...

what yall think??

pharmaceuticals was my DREAM job field comin up... and switched cuz i didnt think i was good enough...

A lot of schools nowadays have PharmD/MBA duel degree programs...

i was thinking about gettin my MBA in Human Health services to ease the transition.

 

[antonlavey]

Originally Posted by JewSeeJay

Originally Posted by eashawty

congrats my dude, u finna be makin good money real soon. my uncle been a pharmacist for almost 30 years now. he work at a hospital tho, but he make close to 400k a year

pharmacist at hospitals generally make less than those employed by private companies...and the high end for "working" Pharmacist is about 150k... OP making 127 before taxes in CA...

not callin duckatales flat out but thats VERY hard to believe... my aunts a pharmacist at Walgreens and has been for almost 15 years, my sisters in pharmacy school now

I was about to say, if they make anywhere close to that amt. I'm dropping out of school today, and applying to pharmacy school.

 

[yanky]

Congratulations!! This is a big accomplishment!!

 

[yanky]

Congratulations!! This is a big accomplishment!!

 

[heavenlee777]

Originally Posted by IdealApotheosis

I hate to be Debbie Downer but take a look at this article: http://www.ajpe.org/view....rt=aj7410185&pdf=yes

Sad truth is that with a ton of new schools coming up, centralized pharmacy around the corner (Wags is currently testing it somewhere down south, so I can see it being implemented in retail within the next 20 years), the economy being stagnant, and chain pharmacies doing everything they can to pinch pennies you will have a hard time getting that "raise" every year. I've been doing it a few years and I'm happy to take an annual inflation raise every year just so I'm not making less money than the previous year.

I skimmed the article.
Yeah, I heard about how it's getting saturated.
Another Pharmacy student told me how in like 4-5 years there's gonna be 32,000 more pharmacists than there are jobs.

I also heard compounding is going to be very important in the future, which is awesome because compounding sounds like fun.

 

[heavenlee777]

Originally Posted by IdealApotheosis

I hate to be Debbie Downer but take a look at this article: http://www.ajpe.org/view....rt=aj7410185&pdf=yes

Sad truth is that with a ton of new schools coming up, centralized pharmacy around the corner (Wags is currently testing it somewhere down south, so I can see it being implemented in retail within the next 20 years), the economy being stagnant, and chain pharmacies doing everything they can to pinch pennies you will have a hard time getting that "raise" every year. I've been doing it a few years and I'm happy to take an annual inflation raise every year just so I'm not making less money than the previous year.

I skimmed the article.
Yeah, I heard about how it's getting saturated.
Another Pharmacy student told me how in like 4-5 years there's gonna be 32,000 more pharmacists than there are jobs.

I also heard compounding is going to be very important in the future, which is awesome because compounding sounds like fun.

 

[rocsole]

How long did it take for you to become a pharmacist? 

 

[rocsole]

How long did it take for you to become a pharmacist? 

 

[nyk buc]

I agree. These damn new schools opening will only make it tough. Goddamn.

 

[nyk buc]

I agree. These damn new schools opening will only make it tough. Goddamn.

 

[OneNightDan]

Congrats' fam'!

 

[OneNightDan]

Congrats' fam'!

 

[krazy]

Congrats bro.. do work.

 

[krazy]

Congrats bro.. do work.

 

[scuse7]

Great pay, work for a few year...build up your capital and start looking into real estate and owning your own local pharmacy.

More money to be had in both places...

 

[scuse7]

Great pay, work for a few year...build up your capital and start looking into real estate and owning your own local pharmacy.

More money to be had in both places...

 

[chino905]

Congrats man!

 

[chino905]

Congrats man!

 

[xbiker47]

Originally Posted by Nike Jordan

Congratulations. 

 

[xbiker47]

Originally Posted by Nike Jordan

Congratulations. 

 

[rowenarrow]

Congrats!!!!!!

 

[rowenarrow]

Congrats!!!!!!

 

[escobarmeth]

Originally Posted by ricky409

Originally Posted by DC SOUNDS

i always wanted to become a pharmacist. back in college, i made the immature decision to do my undergrad in business administration/accounting because i didn't have the patience for 6 to 8 years of school. I sometimes regret it now. I ended up graduating, working for a Big 4 public accounting firm as an auditor, and got my CPA license. I'm 26 years old now and thinking about doing a total 180, and switching careers and pursuing my original dream. Thinking rationally, I would end up doing at least another 4 yrs of school, acquire a couple hundred grand of debt, and be at least 30 years old when its all said and done, it would be a lot easier to just stick around as a CPA in the field of financial reporting as I am now. I don't love accounting though, I see a lot of pharmacists who really see their career as something meaningful at he end of the day.....NT...anyone jump into pharmacy this late in the game, what do you guys think?

fambs... i'm WITH YOU 100%...

i'm finna be 22 in august... getting ready to get my marketing degree in august...

and going to knock out my MBA afterwards (got a scholly to play at a school for my last year of basketball, so i figure, why not gone ahead and get it)

but i'm SERIOUSLY thinking about applying for a pharmecy school as soon as i finish my MBA up...

might take me 6 years to get it...

but i'll have an MBA and pharmacy degree by the time i'm 30...

what yall think??

pharmaceuticals was my DREAM job field comin up... and switched cuz i didnt think i was good enough...

I used to work with a plastic surgeon in undergrad and he always told me that you can never have enough degrees. He had his MD/MBA and was KILLING it. If it's something you really wanna do, I'd say go for it.
And to OP, congratulations! I hope to be sharing this same feeling next year when med school is finally over and done with.