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Anonymous Thu Jul 11 12:52:38 2013 No.5894391 [DELETED]

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So I have one semester left in school. I am a bio major and comp sci minor. My plan is to go to grad school and get a masters in bioinformatics. After a few years I would be making around 75k. However people have told me about the money patent attorneys make, Upwards of 300k. I would have to spend much more money on school and go to school longer, but I would make sooo much more. My gpa is a 3.3 so I would not be able to get into any top law school. What should I do /sci/? Should I even take the LSAT?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 11 13:23:08 2013 No.5894409 >>5894391 Just do what you like. 75k is perfectly liveable.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 11 13:31:08 2013 No.5894418 >>5894391 Unless it is free or you are going to a top 15 law school forget it. The only happy lawyers I know work in the movie industry.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 11 13:37:37 2013 No.5894424 There are more people in law school than there are walking the Earth.

Anonymous Thu Jul 11 13:44:08 2013 No.5894428

>>5894391
>Should I even take the LSAT?
I'd say go ahead and take it. If you ace it, you might lean towards Law School, if you score horribly after a good study effort, you can be solidified in your decision to do Bioinformatics.

For the record, my dad is a real estate attorney who makes like 500k/year and he doesn't like his job. A lot of lawyers seem passionate about it, others seem to hate it. The market is also over-saturated with lawyers, what makes you think you'll be able to land a 300k job, even as a lawyer?

Anonymous Thu Jul 11 13:45:08 2013 No.5894429

>>5894391
>I am a bio major and comp sci minor

So sorry to hear that.

If you need help try >>>/adv/ >>>/r/
Otherwise since that has nothing to do with math or science, please post on a board more relevant to your major/minor >>>/lit/ >>>/soc/ >>>/g/ >>>/an/ >>>/b/ >>/r9k/

Anonymous Thu Jul 11 13:52:38 2013 No.5894432

>bioinformatics
>75k
pick one, OP

Also, patent attorneys are generally filled with people who did a PhD and burnt out after a couple postdocs. You won't be able to compete with just a bachelor's or master's.

Also you don't have to go to law school to do patent law for biology. Just study on your own.

>>	immaculate collection vol. iv Anonymous Thu Jul 11 14:06:08 2013 No.5894452 it's pretty common, try a different graduate degree,

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 11 14:08:08 2013 No.5894458 it's pretty common, try a different graduate degree, champ

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 11 14:09:38 2013 No.5894462 >>5894432 >>5894458 SAMEFAG

>>	valjean !!4SOyPF0IuOv Thu Jul 11 14:10:38 2013 No.5894465 Bioinformatics is fucking awesome. Law is impossible to break into. Your choice makes itself for you.

>>	vegnagon !!xFwZpKERbGn Thu Jul 11 15:33:38 2013 No.5894593 >>5894429 lol

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 11 15:35:08 2013 No.5894597 >>5894429 >computer science and biology >not science

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 11 15:56:08 2013 No.5894622 >>5894429 Virgin

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 11 15:57:08 2013 No.5894623 >>5894622 Mad cause you never studied real science and now you are paying for it lel

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 11 16:00:07 2013 No.5894629 >>5894623 At least I felt the inside of a vagina before. Aren't you curious?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 11 16:07:08 2013 No.5894647 >>5894629 I realized that job security and finances are more important in the long run then some easy program that plebs major in to so that they can party for four years.

Anonymous Thu Jul 11 16:11:09 2013 No.5894655

>>5894647
Job outlook for bioinformatics is one of the best in the sciences. Have fun majoring in physics or math and not getting a job, making less then me, and not getting laid. Also my physics and math classes were very easy compared to my beginning bio classes

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 11 16:21:38 2013 No.5894681 shame you didn't major in computer science. I just got my degree and the job I'm starting in next month pays ~100k$ a year

Anonymous Thu Jul 11 16:21:38 2013 No.5894682

>>5894655

Your post is anecdotal.

>Have fun majoring physics or math and not getting a job

You assumed I study math and physics, anyways have you heard of quantitative analysts? They are the guys who make 300k starting + bonuses.

Why do you think people say

>PhD in Math
>300k starting

>making less then me

You'll probably end up working in a lab making much less then you really think.
Have you even looked up statistics about salaries? STEM majors (STEM majors who studied hard science) are the highest earners.

>not getting laid

Because university lasts forever right?

Just like high school did apparently.

>my physics and math classes were very easy compared to my beginning bio classes

Yep of course they were easy, you're a fucking bio major.

Anonymous Thu Jul 11 16:28:08 2013 No.5894702

>>5894682
>quantitative analysts
> 300k starting + bonuses
http://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/quantitative-analyst-salary-SRCH_KO0,20.htm
Nice try faggot. 100k average. You'll have to work a while to get there
>STEM majors
Bioinformatics is STEM. Biology is STEM. Comp sci is STEM.

>Because university lasts forever right?
>Just like high school did apparently.
You didn't get laid in HS and now you are not in college. And you think its going to get easier?!?! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Anonymous Thu Jul 11 16:48:08 2013 No.5894736

>>5894702

You get bonuses when you work in the financial industry and bonuses can be much higher then your salary.

Did you know psychology is considered STEM too? I typed STEM majors who studied hard science.

I never said anything relating to how difficult it is to get laid.

It's just a big dick measuring contest to you isn't it?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 11 16:52:07 2013 No.5894742 File: 5 KB, 458x389, 1373048645763.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >75k >300k >bio major lmfao

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 11 16:52:39 2013 No.5894740 >>5894702 Quantitative analysis salaries are not the same in every industry. Quantitative analysis salaries are higher in the financial industry.

Anonymous Thu Jul 11 16:54:08 2013 No.5894747

>>5894736
>You get bonuses when you work in the financial industry and bonuses can be much higher then your salary.
direct quote = "300k starting + bonuses"

>hard science
Enough of the trolling. "Bio is not a hard science" is just a meme. Nobody is actually retarded enough believe that.
>It's just a big dick measuring contest to you isn't it?
If you don't remember you started the pissing. I just have to let you know whats up

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 11 17:00:39 2013 No.5894759 >>5894747 "Why do you think people say >PhD in Math >300k starting" It is an exaggeration obviously lol, are you not aware of the meme? The point is Quants working in finance still do make very high salaries and bonuses.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 11 17:01:08 2013 No.5894764 >>5894740 >Quantitative analysis http://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/quantitative-financial-analyst-salary-SRCH_KO0,30.htm They actually make less

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 11 17:02:37 2013 No.5894772 >>5894742 75K is median wage for people with bioinformatics masters

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 11 17:09:38 2013 No.5894785 >>5894764 Those websites don't include bonuses though. You can move up quickly in the financial industry too. Not all financial firms are the same, hedge fund quant analysts probably get paid more then other quant analysts.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 11 17:28:37 2013 No.5894828 >>5894597 Int was clearly his dump stat. He went maximum autism - sad, really; can't reroll real life!

Anonymous Thu Jul 11 19:02:07 2013 No.5895037

> get comp sci degree, $100k job out of school
> move up in skill to $135k-150k skill level over 7 years
> options, stock grants, bonuses accumulate and grow, home equity grows

> get math degree
> go back to school for 7 years to get math PhD, minimum wage
> $100k quant job after graduating, follow footsteps of now mid career comp sci grad

QED, mathtards

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 11 19:49:07 2013 No.5895121 File: 103 KB, 533x594, lol wut.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>5895037 >comp sci >100k starting

>>	Anonymous Thu Jul 11 20:07:07 2013 No.5895141 >>5894655 doesn't change the fact you are on the wrong board

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Anonymous Fri Jul 12 00:33:38 2013 No.5895456

>>5895037

>Implying you need a PhD in math to do quant analysis.

>Implying any mathematically rigorous major can't get a job in software

There are engineers, mathematicians and physicists working in quantitative finance who only have undergrads.

The most you would have to do is get a masters degree if you didn't get a job with an undergrad. No need to do a PhD.

>move up in skill to $135k-150k skill level over 7 years

Same shit with quants except some quants make millions and not just 150k when they've been doing the shit for over 7 years.

Finance is the shit the longer you stay in it. You make good money to begin with - Engineering money and then you can climb the ladder.

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