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Originally Posted by porsche4life
Pharm Rep requires a DpH, so I will continue the path I am on..
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No way a pharm rep requires a doctorate. Bachelors is it, as far as I know. Or, there's a huge world of durable medical equipment (splints, therapy machines, medical devices) that needs technically-minded/scientifically-minded salespeople. The bad part is that you're a salesperson. Maybe not in a brick and mortar store, but there's all the sales target BS that goes along with it.
I have a Ducati buddy back in Mass whom I met when he was back selling Protonix and Zosyn during my residency. He and his wife live comfortable lives. (I think she's a chemist.) He's now a rep for Abbott Labs, but he's also done stints with some glucose monitoring equipment and cardiac cath stent company, IIRC. He lives a very comfortable life and seems to be a happy guy.
I'm not pushing you out of pharm, if that's what you want to do. But if you have second thoughts, there's a big world out there you (and I) don't even know about. If a guy your age can't check it out, I don't know who else is supposed to do so. Or, heck, go into business and
run the damn pharmaceutical company. You'll make 100 times what the average pharmacist makes.