Organic synthesis on paper was an interesting problem - I just didn't care for going through the motions, cleaning glassware and pretending I was conducting a m

Organic synthesis on paper was an interesting problem - I just didn't care for going through the motions, cleaning glassware and pretending I was conducting a meaningful experiment. You don't learn enough in four years to do meaningful lab work in OChem, but you still have to learn the basic techniques somewhere. Personally I really miss bench chemistry. If the professional culture weren't so conservative and hierarchical I'd probably still be doing it.