Most lucrative science?

[mad_scientist]

What is the most lucrative career in the sciences to go into?

 

also, which study area is the most lucrative right now?

 

will genetics be in high demand? what about astronomy with more people going to space very soon??

would it be computer science? is programming really in demand or is it really the problem solving skills that employers are after that you get from programming and not programming itself that is important?

 

i have also heard that technology can now be produced which can program by itself so there may not be any need for any human workers in this area in the coming decades as robots and automation of the workforce happens.

 

does this mean most people would be made redundant? what would we do with all the spare time?

Edited April 12, 2017 by mad_scientist

[DrKrettin]

What is the most lucrative career in the sciences to go into?

 

also, which study area is the most lucrative right now?

 

will genetics be in high demand? what about astronomy with more people going to space very soon??

would it be computer science? is programming really in demand or is it really the problem solving skills that employers are after that you get from programming and not programming itself that is important?

 

i have also heard that technology can now be produced which can program by itself so there may not be any need for any human workers in this area in the coming decades as robots and automation of the workforce happens.

 

does this mean most people would be made redundant? what would we do with all the spare time?

 

I think you need to consider your priorities - as a general rule, you can aim either for getting rich or studying a science. The two are rarely combined.

 

As for spare time, do you know that the word "scholar" is derived from the Greek word scholé meaning leisure? A scholar was somebody who had the free time to learn something. That could be a good suggestion.

[Country Boy]

"Computer Science" is NOT the same as "programming"! Even today, Computer Scientists spend their time determing what a program should do, then turn it over to (less educated and less paid) workers who use programs that will then do the "programming".

[swansont]

What is the most lucrative career in the sciences to go into?

 

 

 

I'm with DrKrettin. Don't go into science as a career if your goal is to make tons of money; "comfortable life" is about the best you can reasonably expect. A science background may help you with a technology career if you want to go start a business.

[EdEarl]

The number of people who turned their science education into money is small. I don't claim to know them all, but some are Edison, Howard Hunt, and Elon Musk. All of these men also were willing to invest their personal funds into a business, and their skills included more than science.

[Raider5678]

Science isn't generally a money making buisness.

Unless you come up with some kinda new thing that revolutionizes the world, or have something that millions of people will actively voice their support for you, then you won't make money.

 

Edison. Invented electricity. Revolutionized the world.

 

Elon Musk. Has something millions of people are interested in. Millions of people actively support him.

I'm almost sure, that if space X were lacking all funding and were going to shut down the space program, they would get a lot of donations. Hell, even I'd give money. But then, maybe I'm crazy.