emericana

Question: I am totally 100% switching fields at the moment. Couldn't really switch any more so. I got a BA in Molecular, Cellular, and Dev Bio. The reasons? Well honestly, I have no idea. I finished college and realize that I hated everything that I had done for the past four years, and have no desire to work in biology. I have always loved technology so I am switching to engineering. The first love of my life has been computers so I plan on hopefully going to grad school for computer engineering (through boston universities innovative LEAP program). I allready know how to write some computer code (C++ html javascript css a little java) and back in the day used to volt mod and overclock my computer so I think that I should be able to handle it. Anywho, after my long winded rant about my life... I was thinking at first about doing a molecular PhD program, and know all about it (I actually conducted research for two years during my undergraduate education... and while I learned then that I loved research, I also learned when i finished college that I was in the wrong field LOL). Anywho, I know for biomedical scientists the usual course of action is: grad school post doc (make 38k) 2nd post doc 3rd post doc either make a professor position or go to industry or be a lawyer. Is this the same for engineering? ECE? I would imagine that because there is so many industry applications the funding must be much much better? Am I totally wrong? Or am I going to be looking at 38k when I finally finish the program and get the PhD (in probably 7 years from now.... haha this is going to be one hell of a long road). Thanks for the help! Let me know if this was too long winded and I can further explain what I am talking about.