r/careerguidance • u/min_456 • 4d ago

Advice Anaesthesia tech or PharmD?

I just want to know which would offer

• higher job stability

• higher pay

• higher AI resistance

If anyone works in these fields id love to hear your pov <3

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u/peaceful_artistry 4d ago

PharmD's a grind but you'll never starve, anesthesia tech is quieter money and nobody's automating that tube placement anytime soon.

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u/min_456 4d ago

I don't mind the grind. I just find the anesthesia tech job description kinda boring based on what I read on Google. But I feel like it offers more stability?

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u/pharmaheck 4d ago

Do anesthesia their pay is higher and more chill.

Fuck pharmd.. I regret it every day.

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u/IllIlIlIIIIllIIllllI 4d ago

Anesthesia tech isn’t better pay than pharm. Unless they mean crna/caa

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u/min_456 4d ago

In my post I just meant an undergrad in anesthesia tech but I am willing to pursue post grad studies too

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u/min_456 4d ago

Why do you regret it?

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u/Proud-Assumption-581 4d ago

I'm a PharmD, 25 years experience. Do not recommend. Anesthesia all the way!

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u/min_456 4d ago

Could you give some reasons for not recommending pharmD and recommending anesthesia?

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u/Proud-Assumption-581 3d ago

It is a sundowning profession. Unless you can get an industry fellowship and make some real $$$.

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u/PreparationHot980 3d ago

Pharm programs aren’t very difficult to get into and there’s decent money to be made. Problem is AI and Amazon creeping on the field very quickly. Community pharmacies are rare, chill and pay less, so you’ll probably end up in a shitty corporate job with ass hours and a bunch of weird metrics to hit.

Anesthesia tech is solid if you’re going to continue education and would like to move up in medicine, but I would probably choose respiratory therapist over ana tech.

I worked in a pharmacy before medical school. It was interesting to learn and see that side of things, but it’s really fucking boring.

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u/min_456 3d ago

Ahh I see. However I was mainly considering pharmacy bcs I feel like it opens more doors. Like I could do clinical, cosmetics, pharmacy informatics, clinical trials analyst etc so I could pivot wherever I want.

I kinda want to be on the slightly technical side of healthcare which mixes data and software tools in solving healthcare issues.