Pharmacy informatics?

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I only date quants, software engineers and data scientist 😛. Which basically I do .
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Lubeckd said:
Yeah maybe you let me rethink about my whole school experience. Maybe all the beautiful ones are in art school 😛
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that's why people actually spent 60k for USC man! cuz it's a known party school, and a bunch of filthy rich and pretty asian girls and dudes partying out there all the time~
 
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Actually the MBA use tableau. It's a tool, to see data. Without coding, just upload excel... it's a tool. But you and me are problem solving
 
Lubeckd said:
Actually the MBA use tableau. It's a tool, to see data. Without coding, just upload excel... it's a tool. But you and me are problem solving
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ever since data science became a buzzword, MBA has fallen out of favor. there is more applicants to master of business intelligence or quantitative finance than mba.
 
DIPEA said:
ever since data science became a buzzword, MBA has fallen out of favor. there is more applicants to master of business intelligence or quantitative finance than mba.
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For quant finance it's very multidisciplinary in so many areas, it's very close to data science
 
Lubeckd said:
Honestly cfa is worth more. MBA is just general for promotion
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it used to be that case, but probably not any more. my former employer believe in science-driven business, so the mid to senior leadership positions are basically populated by MD/PhDs. MBA? unless it's from MIT Sloan or Harvard, their footprint wasn't as visible as I previously thought.
 
DIPEA said:
it used to be that case, but probably not any more. my former employer believe in science-driven business, so the mid to senior leadership positions are basically populated by MD/PhDs. MBA? unless it's from MIT Sloan or Harvard, their footprint wasn't as visible as I previously thought.
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I'll take my advice from a cfa anyday over MBA lol
 
DIPEA said:
gloried (watered down) ds taught in business schools lol
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As long as it's not informatic pharmacy which isn't really tech. But even the dual degrees. Like MBA l/pharmacy I don't know if it's really tailor to pharmacy. Or data analytics in pharmacy. Your link literally says use excel
 
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Lubeckd said:
As long as it's not informatic pharmacy which isn't really tech. But even the dual degrees. Like MBA l/pharmacy I don't know if it's really tailor to pharmacy. Or data analytics in pharmacy. Your link literally says use excel
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why getting a dual degrees with pharm? what has pharm school done to actually teach anything other than bullsh*t and sky-high tuition?
just go to reputable engineering-focused school and get a degree in cs or ds with actual tech people~
 
Lubeckd said:
As long as it's not informatic pharmacy which isn't really tech. But even the dual degrees. Like MBA l/pharmacy I don't know if it's really tailor to pharmacy. Or data analytics in pharmacy. Your link literally says use excel
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pharm/mba??? does any school offering such program ranked within top 20 business school? if not, then it's useless and pure money-grab
 
DIPEA said:
why getting a dual degrees with pharm? what has pharm school done to actually teach anything other than bullsh*t and sky-high tuition?
just go to reputable engineering-focused school and get a degree in cs or ds with actual tech people~
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I self teach hehehe. No tuition
 
Lubeckd said:
No way. 11-22k. And assignments, I don't want to go back to school. I just want to make projects now ahaha
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10k for 2 years is really nothing~ people threw away 200k and 4 years for a useless s**t pharm degree, why so frugal with 1/20 of that and 1-2 years for a degree that actually good job and promotional prospects?
 
DIPEA said:
10k for 2 years is really nothing~ people threw away 200k and 4 years for a useless s**t pharm degree, why so frugal with 1/20 of that and 1-2 years for a degree that actually good job and promotional prospects?
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its also the speed that Im learning is 3x faster than a traditional program, I told you I can study pharmacy in 2 years lol.
 
I don't want to be restricted and learn next to the other person. and take exam at same time, usually in 2 days I want to take the exam. Waiting for people to take exam with me in a week slows me down, every second counts
 
another thing is Im 31. So by 65 I want to kick the bucket. School adds unnecessary stuff not required by the industry. When I self study and have someone in the industry, they can tell me which things I should not should not study. like therapeutics is must but pharmaceutics no
 
DIPEA said:
10k for 2 years is really nothing~ people threw away 200k and 4 years for a useless s**t pharm degree, why so frugal with 1/20 of that and 1-2 years for a degree that actually good job and promotional prospects?
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yes well... network is for the school. But really tech just care about results, and I have a pretty nice network if I do say so myself. No one cares if you are from diploma mill or not in pharmacy school. Even without network you can find a job. But I actually do have a network for Hedge funds, family run practices. And tech
 
gwarm01 said:
This is an excellent point and definitely something to watch for. There doesn't appear to be a universal standard for credentialing or pay for a lot of these positions. The pay struggle can be especially apparent in organizations that handle all of this work through IT. They seem more likely to hire "pharmacy analysts" instead of pharmacists. The quality of work regarding clinical content is bound to suffer, although you may have better managed databases and interfaces since a lot of pharmacists are clumsy with technology.

My most positive experiences have been with systems that treat these positions are specialist pharmacist roles. If they are willing to require the credentials, and pay a competitive salary (understanding this requires uncommon skills and experience), they are more likely to invest in and support your work. There's a world of difference in job satisfaction between updating charging info and managing transformative projects for an institution.
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Actually, you have to be a PSTAT or GSTAT with a computational statistics endorsement or be an Enrolled Actuary (which also means that you are a certified member of one of the actuarial societies) for official work that has legal implications like SoP or security setting for FDA CDRH certification of the system through the 510(k) process. So few pharmacists or physicians are currently at that level, so the work is ultimately off by someone at the company (kind of like how nuclear pharmacists used to all had to be either in preparation or possess BCNP, but now it's very relaxed as long as one of the present pharmacists is BCNP). That's an old Title 42 statute from the days when medical systems were considered failsafe ones, and that's laughable now, but the requirement remains.
 
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