Do you plan to be a pharmacist for the duration of your career? Or will you shift towards something else? Do people typically stay in this lane for life? I have 2 YOE but I am wondering.

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I have 4 years experience.
I will not do this for more than 20 years full time, but I also don't plan on having kids.

I will figure out other streams of income within the next 16 years or learn skills in my time off so I can enter another field with better hours

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Find a fulfilling role and you will love the profession. With over 3 decades of experience, I wouldn’t do any other work. There are many areas that you can work without engaging patients, most pharmacy schools do not promote those areas to students, just retail and hospital.

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Looking shift to a non-dispensing role

Most are lifers.

Will be quitting the profession in the next 1-2 years. Spent 11 years. Terrible profession to be in.

I have 2yoe and plan on staying for life. I work inpatient

Glad you are staying put.

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