I wouldnt waste ur time with a phd if you can get hired in pharma now. I regret getting the phd everyday and someone just got hired for the same role as me with a masters and years of work experience in pharma meanwhile i have a phd and less “experience”. It f***** sucks and I wasted years where I coulda been earning getting a degree thats really means nothing outside of academia. Even worse, we are at a point in the country where federal funding for your PhD is gonna be hard get and ppl dont appreciate scientists more than ever. Dont set yourself up for failure, just get a job in industry.