Expectation (pre-pharmacy school): I can't believe I am guaranteed to make 6 figure salary and work just 40 hours a week! Maybe I can just work 20 hours? I am going to get with my pharmacist friends and buy rental properties.
Reality (during pharmacy school, working more than 20 hours a week in retail): Why am I studying this crap when I am not even going to use it? I have to get out of retail. I can't do this for the rest of my life and be happy. And why am I so snappy and why do I get angry easily? Man, I need to get out of retail (quit my retail internship during my 4th year)
Reality (after pharmacy school): great, I got multiple offers but they are all retail or retail like (we all got multiple offers back then). I can't give in. I need to keep on looking.
After 3 months of looking, I found my ideal position. I just knew it when I walked in. Years later, my hiring manager told me she took a gamble on me (since I was a new grad) and it paid off. That is probably one of the nicest things someone has ever said to me. I paid off my student loans within the first few years. I invested heavily because I knew the pharmacy job market is going to be saturated soon. It paid off. I am going to make close to 300 k this year (mostly from investment). I am pretty content with my decision to pursue this career. I got some help along the way. I also got lucky. I got into pharmacy school at the right time and graduated when there were a lot of investment opportunities. I guess timing is everything.
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Pharmacy: expectation vs. reality
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