I was a pharmaceutical rep until I retired about a year ago to do RE full time.

Corporate Recruiter in the Pharmaceutical Industry

We've got some things in common- currently two projects underway and although a sales background, I've done data analytics for one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies.  

I'm starting out while maintaining my full-time job in the pharmaceutical industry and am encouraged to see others finding success in this approach. 

My story goes like this......The job I held for 21 years came to a sudden end when the Pharmaceutical company I was employed by made the announcement that they were closing there doors.

Here in the BA, there are software, hardware, and chip design companies along side companies that are involved in biotech, pharmaceutical, banking, shipping, etc.

My wife works in the pharmaceutical industry on the research side and is keeping abreast of the testing.

We always drive vehicles we purchase at auctions for a few hundred or few thousand dollars with the exception that I purchased my wife a Mercedes SUV for about $80,000 about 7 years ago, but she never drives the vehicle and I think it has only about 1500 miles on the odometer.My two children are leaving tomorrow to go to college in Fairbanks Alaska and Columbus Ohio tomorrow to get PHD's in math and pharmaceutical medicine (or something like that).

For example technology is my strong suit but I don’t know much about pharmaceutical or biotech.

I’m a PharmD and work for a small pharmaceutical company in my W2.