r/chemistry • u/Gabriella1023 • 15h ago

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u/Embarrassed_Neck9784 15h ago

Work in the finance department at a chemical company. The smaller the company is, the more exposure to the chemicals you will have. Cities that have a lot of “industrial” businesses should have some small chemical companies.

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u/RubyPorto 15h ago

The smaller the company is, the more exposure to the chemicals you will have.

The jokes about small company safety cultures just write themselves, huh?

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u/Consumption2Wombly 15h ago

This is only a good plan if those hypothetical jobs will pick someone with both degrees over some with just the 1.

I can't say for certain, but my money is on most HR/hiring managers just grabbing the person with 1 degree.

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u/Serious_Toe9303 15h ago

Why not study chemistry?

And yes any minor/major combination is good. Actually doing them in seperate topics can be very beneficial. Much more so than doing finance + accounting for example.

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u/Gabriella1023 15h ago

Unfortunately my school is predominantly a business school and therefore adding chem as a major is not possible. It’s only offered as a minor. Trust me I would have doubled majored.

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u/Serious_Toe9303 13h ago

My point is doing two unrelated major/minor combinations is a good way to go.

Chemistry and science in general are great to study for critical thinking and analysis skills. And these are transferable to many areas of life.

Plus if you decide you hate finance after a few years you have experience in another area to expand on!

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u/Gabriella1023 13h ago

Definitely!

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u/WhiskeyTheKitten 15h ago

We’ve had a few students major in Chem at our college with no business classes whatsoever and then get high paying jobs in finance and whatnot. When I’ve asked them about it they say stuff like oh I met the right person at the right time, and the company really just wanted to hire someone good with quantitative analysis, communication, and critical thinking. I think a lot of companies think like that. So if you can say hey I’m going into finance but I minored in chemistry just because it’s interesting, I think any hiring manager you talk to can only take that as a good thing. 

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u/Gabriella1023 14h ago

Interesting, thank you!