Recent content by Frozen

a recent post by a recent former pharmacist. Just a bit of perspective/summary of the pharmacy sector for employee pharmacists in Australia atm for the OP.

In terms of job prospects, you can't go wrong with either. Personally, I would go with actuary.

Is this a joke? The money in pharmacy is terrible. I have attached the pay scale for Pharmacists in Australia. Pharmacist are usually paid at $30.67 per hour ($60,603.92 per year). There are different levels of being a pharmacist. Once you gain 4 years of full-time experience, you will be...

Do not study pharmacy. Unless you have family in pharmacy (e.g. your dad will pass the keys to the business to you), DO yourself a favour and don't study pharmacy. Pharmacy right now has the worst career prospect out of all health professions. Give this a read: It's the only profession where...

DO NOT study pharmacy. Read this before you consider it as a career: I didn't type this and have moved on to greener pastures but i want to educate and help students make sure they don't make the wrong decision before starting pharmacy. tdlr; pharmacists especially in the community setting have...

This is a tad late but would not recommend studying Pharmacy. I am a registered pharmacist and now in medical school. I worked as a pharmacist for about 5 years (including internship) before progressing to medicine. Legit, doing pharmacy was probably the worst decision in my life. It is legit...