Pharmacy? Business?

While the degree requirements are high (6 years of post HS schooling) there is nothing complex about the job. All you do is fill prescriptions, count pills, call doctors to confirm orders, ring people up, etc. The pay is pretty good because of the sensitive nature of the job. If you mess up and give someone the wrong pills it could be life threatening, so they want very alert and consistant people. I hear the hours can be demanding though.PrimordialMeme

Thanks man, that helps. I have no problem with demanding hours. I don't know how alert I am.....I mean, it does sound scary. I can easily imagine me doing something wrong. Are there a lot of things you need to remember? I like hard work, but I don't like having to have a ton of things in my mind at once (not that i can't; I just don't want to).

it is a lot of schooling but you make a ton of money... attention to detail i think is very important.comp_atkins

Oh yeah, that's for me! I pay a lot of detention to detail, I get good grades in school, and I'm a big money fan.

I'm thinking of being a pharmacist, but I don't really know that much about it. I'm not reallybig in to science, but I can get really good at something if it is repetitive. I'm just wondering if anyone has any idea of how much science it involves. i know chemistry is a big part, and I've never taken it. It just seems like a good career and it seemed interesting. Also, I don't really have great social skills, but I know that getting a business degree would be a good option. How much of business would involve strictly behind-the-scenes work (like no speaking in front of a group of people)?champion_tyler

Well, I'm debating whether or not I should pursue pharmacy or go to grad school and take more organic chemistry, and I have less than 1 year to decide. I've shadowed a phamacist before for about a few weeks and this is what I can tell you. The thing about pharmacy (this is the production part of pharmacy) is that it requires a lot of patience, something I do not quite have. I don't know if you've taken chem labs before, not the silly apparatus calibrating labs but the mixing of chemicals lab, but it takes a long time to get a tiny amount of product you want. You start with gallons of chemicals and usually you only get a beaker of your desired product. I've been taking various chem labs for about 3 1/2 years now, and I can tell it's not that fun. With pharmacy, this is all you do; you sit, you mix, you wait for **** to happen. In a way, there's some fun to it. You make new stuff.

If you're not a big fan of science, well, I don't know what to tell you. You need to take a lot of science classes. Chemistry is not an easy subject. It is interesting, and I like it, but it's far from easy. So I think before you decide, take a few chemistry classes first and see how you like those.

Primordial, I think you're talking about pharmacy tech?

[QUOTE="champion_tyler"]I'm thinking of being a pharmacist, but I don't really know that much about it. I'm not reallybig in to science, but I can get really good at something if it is repetitive. I'm just wondering if anyone has any idea of how much science it involves. i know chemistry is a big part, and I've never taken it. It just seems like a good career and it seemed interesting. Also, I don't really have great social skills, but I know that getting a business degree would be a good option. How much of business would involve strictly behind-the-scenes work (like no speaking in front of a group of people)?hobbez

Well, I'm debating whether or not I should pursue pharmacy or go to grad school and take more organic chemistry, and I have less than 1 year to decide. I've shadowed a phamacist before for about a few weeks and this is what I can tell you. The thing about pharmacy (this is the production part of pharmacy) is that it requires a lot of patience, something I do not quite have. I don't know if you've taken chem labs before, not the silly apparatus calibrating labs but the mixing of chemicals lab, but it takes a long time to get a tiny amount of product you want. You start with gallons of chemicals and usually you only get a beaker of your desired product. I've been taking various chem labs for about 3 1/2 years now, and I can tell it's not that fun. With pharmacy, this is all you do; you sit, you mix, you wait for **** to happen. In a way, there's some fun to it. You make new stuff.

If you're not a big fan of science, well, I don't know what to tell you. You need to take a lot of science classes. Chemistry is not an easy subject. It is interesting, and I like it, but it's far from easy. So I think before you decide, take a few chemistry classes first and see how you like those.

Primordial, I think you're talking about pharmacy tech?

Big help man, thanks. Yeah, this doesn't quite sound like me. I was also thinking that Prmiordial was talking about pharmacy tech. That can't pay near as much, can it?

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[QUOTE="champion_tyler"]I'm thinking of being a pharmacist, but I don't really know that much about it. I'm not reallybig in to science, but I can get really good at something if it is repetitive. I'm just wondering if anyone has any idea of how much science it involves. i know chemistry is a big part, and I've never taken it. It just seems like a good career and it seemed interesting. Also, I don't really have great social skills, but I know that getting a business degree would be a good option. How much of business would involve strictly behind-the-scenes work (like no speaking in front of a group of people)?champion_tyler

Well, I'm debating whether or not I should pursue pharmacy or go to grad school and take more organic chemistry, and I have less than 1 year to decide. I've shadowed a phamacist before for about a few weeks and this is what I can tell you. The thing about pharmacy (this is the production part of pharmacy) is that it requires a lot of patience, something I do not quite have. I don't know if you've taken chem labs before, not the silly apparatus calibrating labs but the mixing of chemicals lab, but it takes a long time to get a tiny amount of product you want. You start with gallons of chemicals and usually you only get a beaker of your desired product. I've been taking various chem labs for about 3 1/2 years now, and I can tell it's not that fun. With pharmacy, this is all you do; you sit, you mix, you wait for **** to happen. In a way, there's some fun to it. You make new stuff.

If you're not a big fan of science, well, I don't know what to tell you. You need to take a lot of science classes. Chemistry is not an easy subject. It is interesting, and I like it, but it's far from easy. So I think before you decide, take a few chemistry classes first and see how you like those.

Primordial, I think you're talking about pharmacy tech?

Big help man, thanks. Yeah, this doesn't quite sound like me. I was also thinking that Prmiordial was talking about pharmacy tech. That can't pay near as much, can it?

To be honest, I haven't looked at salaries yet..

While the degree requirements are high (6 years of post HS schooling) there is nothing complex about the job. All you do is fill prescriptions, count pills, call doctors to confirm orders, ring people up, etc. The pay is pretty good because of the sensitive nature of the job. If you mess up and give someone the wrong pills it could be life threatening, so they want very alert and consistant people. I hear the hours can be demanding though.PrimordialMeme

lol thats jsut some dude behind a counter at eckerds. most pharmacists are in the labs developing the drugs. its alot of test tube mixing and sterotypical "science" stuff. or psychopharmacology which is testing new unreleased drugs on patients so ur sort of a pharmacist/therapist

[QUOTE="PrimordialMeme"]While the degree requirements are high (6 years of post HS schooling) there is nothing complex about the job. All you do is fill prescriptions, count pills, call doctors to confirm orders, ring people up, etc. The pay is pretty good because of the sensitive nature of the job. If you mess up and give someone the wrong pills it could be life threatening, so they want very alert and consistant people. I hear the hours can be demanding though.thisoldman

lol thats jsut some dude behind a counter at eckerds. most pharmacists are in the labs developing the drugs. its alot of test tube mixing and sterotypical "science" stuff. or psychopharmacology which is testing new unreleased drugs on patients so ur sort of a pharmacist/therapist