Help me pick a career

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Option 1: Pharmacy (MPharm)

Pros​

  • Safe & predictable career path
  • Guaranteed employment after qualification
  • Respected professional title
  • Clear structure and stability
  • Nurses

Cons​

  • Work can become repetitive / routine
  • Salary plateaus
  • Will always compare yourself with Medicine (“why not a doctor?”)
  • Academically demanding with limited financial upside

Option 2: Economics & Finance

Pros​

  • More glamorous career paths
  • No salary ceiling
  • Potential for extreme prestige in high finance

Cons​

  • No guaranteed employment
  • Highly competitive environment
  • Risk of ending up in a back office role :feelsbadman:
 
go for econ if your not passionate about biochem and pharmacology
 
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Option 1: Pharmacy (MPharm)

Pros​

  • Safe & predictable career path
  • Guaranteed employment after qualification
  • Respected professional title
  • Clear structure and stability
  • Nurses

Cons​

  • Work can become repetitive / routine
  • Salary plateaus
  • Will always compare yourself with Medicine (“why not a doctor?”)
  • Academically demanding with limited financial upside

Option 2: Economics & Finance

Pros​

  • More glamorous career paths
  • No salary ceiling
  • Potential for extreme prestige in high finance

Cons​

  • No guaranteed employment
  • Highly competitive environment
  • Risk of ending up in a back office role :feelsbadman:
Asking a forum full of 14 year old jeets on your career :forcedsmile:
 
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Become a plastic surgeon and perform on me
 
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Reactions: robotchicken and momoil

Option 1: Pharmacy (MPharm)

Pros​

  • Safe & predictable career path
  • Guaranteed employment after qualification
  • Respected professional title
  • Clear structure and stability
  • Nurses

Cons​

  • Work can become repetitive / routine
  • Salary plateaus
  • Will always compare yourself with Medicine (“why not a doctor?”)
  • Academically demanding with limited financial upside

Option 2: Economics & Finance

Pros​

  • More glamorous career paths
  • No salary ceiling
  • Potential for extreme prestige in high finance

Cons​

  • No guaranteed employment
  • Highly competitive environment
  • Risk of ending up in a back office role :feelsbadman:
OF
 
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Reactions: robotchicken

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