future career

Dahecall

Hi to all. In fifth year at the moment in a smallish country school. My favourite subjects are chemistry and maths. Due to this I was considering pursuing a career in either medicine or maths. Which of these careers would you consider better in terms of stress satisfaction and less so salary. I would also like to know If there are any other careers you think I should pursue. Thanks

SureYWouldntYa

pursue the career that will make you happy, if it earns you money thats great too. every career will bring stress, and often the higher you earn the higher the stress. nobody can really advise you on what you want to do, go to a careers day, look jobs up online, go on work experience, find something that will make you happy

Dave1711

Process and Chemical engineering have a lot of both Maths and Chemistry,could be worth a look!

You could be involved heavily in pharmaceutics(drug design)..its what im doing a Masters in atm.

djpbarry

Gavinmcgirl wrote: »

Hi to all. In fifth year at the moment in a smallish country school. My favourite subjects are chemistry and maths. Due to this I was considering pursuing a career in either medicine or maths. Which of these careers would you consider better in terms of stress satisfaction and less so salary. I would also like to know If there are any other careers you think I should pursue.

It's very unlikely that you'll only ever have one "career" - these days, most people change professions several times during their working lives. Besides, you're far too young to be worrying about this kind of thing. I will say though that if you enjoy maths and chemistry and you obtain a good degree in a related discipline (say chemical engineering, for example, as suggested above), it's unlikely you'll ever be struggling to find work. But at the end of the day, the most important thing is that you enjoy what you do - everything else will take care of itself.

aitpaustralia

SureYWouldntYa wrote: »

pursue the career that will make you happy, if it earns you money thats great too. every career will bring stress, and often the higher you earn the higher the stress. nobody can really advise you on what you want to do, go to a careers day, look jobs up online, go on work experience, find something that will make you happy

I completely agree with the above said

EuropeanSon

Gavinmcgirl wrote: »

Hi to all. In fifth year at the moment in a smallish country school. My favourite subjects are chemistry and maths. Due to this I was considering pursuing a career in either medicine or maths. Which of these careers would you consider better in terms of stress satisfaction and less so salary. I would also like to know If there are any other careers you think I should pursue. Thanks

Med is horrible if you aren't fond of stress. A "career in maths" is somewhat unlikely, but a numerate career (actuary/finance/engineering/science/etc.) could involve so many different things that you would certainly be able to find something that suits your personality.

In terms of salary, the best people in mathematical careers would earn more, but the median doctor would be higher.

chatterboxxx95

Dave1711 wrote: »

Process and Chemical engineering have a lot of both Maths and Chemistry,could be worth a look!

You could be involved heavily in pharmaceutics(drug design)..its what im doing a Masters in atm.

I'm currently in leaving cert and nnot too sure whats going on my Cao. I know my interests lie in maths and chem though so exploring options from that. Do you mind me asking what undergrad you did? Also any more info on the course/ career opportunities would be great

Dahecall

chatterboxxx95 wrote: »

I'm currently in leaving cert and nnot too sure whats going on my Cao. I know my interests lie in maths and chem though so exploring options from that. Do you mind me asking what undergrad you did? Also any more info on the course/ career opportunities would be great

I'm only in fifth year so I might be asking you in future.

djpbarry

chatterboxxx95 wrote: »

I'm currently in leaving cert and nnot too sure whats going on my Cao. I know my interests lie in maths and chem though so exploring options from that.

Chemical engineering would be relatively general and leave you with plenty of options. You might also consider the life sciences - there is an extreme lack of numerate individuals working in biology research (which is essentially chemistry and physics these days).

chatterboxxx95

djpbarry wrote: »

Chemical engineering would be relatively general and leave you with plenty of options. You might also consider the life sciences - there is an extreme lack of numerate individuals working in biology research (which is essentially chemistry and physics these days).

Okay so what I'm looking at now is which would have more advantages as an undergrad degree, something like chemical engineering or a straight Chemistry degree? Sorry, I recognise the fact I'm clueless, at the moment I just want to make sure I have all my bases covered.:o

djpbarry

chatterboxxx95 wrote: »

Okay so what I'm looking at now is which would have more advantages as an undergrad degree, something like chemical engineering or a straight Chemistry degree? Sorry, I recognise the fact I'm clueless, at the moment I just want to make sure I have all my bases covered.:o

Well, as you might guess, chemical engineering will give you a more rounded education, whereas chemistry is obviously just going to be pure chemistry (I imagine you will have the opportunity to specialise in most courses into organic chemistry, biochemistry, etc.).

I think chemical engineering would give you more options. It's a broader topic and also more numerate. You could always do a more specialised post-grad if you wanted to focus on some specific chemistry.

But, I'm an engineer, so I'm biased!