Originally Posted by
qclabrat
Started my life as an analytical chemist, steady proceduralized work usually confined to a single room, not unlike a lab mouse. Now sit on my butt all day in meetings and managing people/projects and would jump at being a qclabrat again if the pay was better. My better days at work are chatting with the fine folks here.
I am a chemist also and have been fortunate to maintain a somewhat autonomous research ability. I supervise none to few, over seen by mainly one and over looked by most.
So I get the joy of research by not the mundane of some analytical testing.
They also get me involved for validation stuff which is a nice change, also if something breaks I can usually fix it.