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Wow. its been a while xangers.
quick update on my life:
- rescheduled the Optometry Admissions Test (OAT) 3 times between October and December and finally took it in December
- Turned 22 =P
- Went to Vietnam for 10days and it was AMAZING.
- Heard back from PCO (Philly schoo) and NECO (boston school) and got both interviews (but I only went to PCO's)
- Interviewed at work (Medimmune) for a promotion and to convert to full time (full pay instead of temp pay)
- GOT ACCEPTED TO PCO!!!!! =D
Now comes the hard part. deciding what to do. =X
should I...
a) continue in the biotech field and get my master's in biochem. My
company will pay 80% for my masters! Maybe go into biotech management?
pros: BARELY ANY DEBT. only 20% financial investment
and will continue to make money entire time, won't have to be tied down
to a business (free to move around to different companies should I get
bored), lots of room for career change in the same field, lots of
different applications of the same degree (Masters). Work will not
interfere with non-work b/c work wouldn't be able to follow me home.
Guaranteed stability in jobs.
cons: NOT MY OWN BOSS. I'll always have to report to
someone and have lots of deadlines. Make very little money for the next
5 years. Will not be able to make 6 figures for at least 10 more years.
Environment will be limited to my cubicle and lab bench (Regardless of
company). Meet less people. Have less direct impact on positively
changing the world. Get to stay close to home.
b) go to optometry school in the fall and become an optometrist! I
would be in debt about $200,000 when I come out of school but I plan to
start my own business and be my own boss.
pros: BEING AN OPTOMETRIST. meeting new people everyday
and directly helping them improve their lives. I could start my own
pediatric division and work with kids like I've always wanted to.
starting my own business within the next 5 years. Average optometrist
salary around rockville area is 80k to 100k. Would have more
flexibility to have a family.
cons: 200k WORTH OF DEBT (for school plus whatever it takes to
start my own business). Will lose money in starting business for first
5 years so will be extremely poor for next 9 years. Moving away from my
family and friends for 4 years. Starting over.
What do you think I should do? What do you see me doing in the next 5 years?
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i've built as many roads as i could.
now all i have to do is sit back and enjoy the show.
it makes me anxious that whatever happens (or doesn't happen)
is going to determine the next 5 years of my life.
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| you make me feel beautiful when you tell me you love me...
i guess that's why i've been working out lately.
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| it's been a full week and a half of working full time in research and
i've realized something. i am a total noob. being a college grad
(especially in biochem) made me feel like somehow... i was special. as
though i had more intelligence and stamina than others. and let me tell
you... in the first week of the "real world"... i realized right away
how wrong my mentality was.
when people say you have to "learn to college" they should have also
said you'll need to re-learn everything after college too. it's not
like what i'm doin for work doesn't directly apply to what i did in
college... it's just that now, everything is so much more important.
it's not just your grades on the line. it's not just your a** on the
line anymore. i feel like whenever i make a mistake, everything
and everyone is going to go down with me. in school, you get "A"s,
"B"s, "C"s etc etc but now, you're either right or wrong. and when
you're wrong, everyone notices.
but it's not like i don't like the job. i just wish i could fast
forward a few months so that i can see the trained professional that i
know is somewhere in me. =P
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| if two people share a secret but the secret is rarely discussed or
really analyzed, does it really exist? does just the two people knowing
it, make it real?
i start my new job on monday. my first "real" job (as everyone has been
calling it). i'm a researcher in genetic toxicology that works in a lab
8-5. i'm not as excited as i thought i would be about having a
"job"...but as my boyfriend reminded me, it's pretty exciting that i'll
be making more money than i have in my entire life.
WOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
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