I've been working in pharmaceutical Manufacturing for about 5 years. I live in rural Indiana so I don't need to make an astronomical amount of money to live, but I feel like I could be doing better.

I have spent a lot of time working with technical services/higher-ups in product development and testing. Mostly doing the leg work and being the one that handles the product while they observe and take notes or what not. I make about 60k a year.

What do I do to advance myself or get somewhere?

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Next logical role above an operator would be an operations manager and manage other operators. Then I could see that you can pivot to other roles like technical services which can be individual contributor role if you don’t want to be management.

I would like to apply to some master or PhD programs.

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