I think there are few chemists with experience in other industries, but I feel like there are a bunch of people like me, who have a chemistry degree, but jumped straight into a cannabis lab, which definitely doesnt require a degree in chemistry to operate.
Chemistry degrees are definitely helpful in understanding the whole process, and especially helpful in trouble shooting, but a lot of the things I learned in undergrad arent really useful for cannabis.
I have no degrees and only claim to be an amateur when I talk about my knowledge personally. I took a year of science in high school that was chemistry/ochem/biochem and thatās all the formal learning I did. I do like to read and experiment a lot on my own (and company) time.
Iām lucky that in cannabis you donāt need a degree as much as you do in other laboratory fields. I would totally get one too expect for the fact that G_Boe mentioned: most of the knowledge gained in pursuit of this degree is not particularly useful in my (planned) future endeavours.
Oh and I agree with most here: while there are chemical solvents in the trichomes that may aid in extraction during a rosin press, I would not call that a chemical extraction.
I said the same line about the gas station yesterday haha. If you wonāt dab diamonds because of solvents stay away from gas stations!
fixed that for you.
LOL, truth!
Double fixed 
So why are there soooo many āchemistā in cannabis??
There are many autodidact chemists in cannabis. But not so much when referring to chemists with advanced degrees as a percent of the whole.
And I have heard from more than a few groups who wonāt hire chemists or any degreed scientist for any high-level position without previous industry experience. University experience doesnāt always (or typically) translate to the cannabis industry without a few bumps (learning curves) along the way.
Heās wearing a lab coat and proper PPE and posts about it to shame you so basically a PHD in IG weed sciences
This had me cracking up. I have a bachelor of science in chemistry, worked in big pharma for several years working with injectable drugs. Then went to cannabis for a few years, and then back to pharma except this time it was biotech working with therapeutic nucleic acids that are undergoing some clinical evaluation to treat what were previously untreatable conditions. I was the only non-PhD on the therapeutic nucleic acid team for a while, and being around so many intensely smart, driven people was humbling, especially after a few years of cannabis.
Not one person on that team cared about clout, social media posts or bragged about thier ālab skillsā lmao. They were true grinders, putting in hours in the lab, presenting to clients, creating reports and trying to solve problems in chemistry. And they knew so damn much about chemistry, it was impressive and kinda scary. I definitely felt waaaay more challenged than I ever did in cannabis lol, and having to present your work to directors and senior scientists both within and external to the company was nerve wracking but rewarding. It was the type of environment where if you were wrong, youād be called out for it in those calls. Some of those clients could be brutal on those calls.
You really had to be prepared and know what the fuck youāre talking about, because the people on the other end of that call were paying hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of dollars for you to develop a process to manufacture their nucleic acid sequence. One of the projects I worked on, just 20 grams of final custom RNA product cost the client about 100k alone. Thatās not including the analytics and pilot production in GMP environment. Definitely a world apart from the few years I spent in cannabis. Now when I see ācannabis chemistsā in lab coats on social media posting about hash oil, I chuckle. Like, itās kinda cute playing āimitation scientistā lmao.
In retrospect, I am grateful I was able to work in pharma before going into cannabis. It showed me how a global, multibillion dollar company works, how regulations work, and what role the FDA actually plays. Coming into cannabis, Ive heard so much non-sense and bullshit from people whoāve never stepped foot in a regulated industry (other than cannabis), it just makes me more grateful for the experience I was able to get. I feel if I went straight into cannabis, I wouldnāt have been able to advance in my career.
My PhD advisorās PhD advisor (academic grandpa) was short listed for a Nobel at one point and was the editor of the premiere journal in his discipline. I understand full well about being around insanely intelligent people who never bragged about their insane accomplishments.
There is a reason I donāt claim to be an āextractor, or solventless guru.ā
Lmfao even though without question I could teach many, that doesnāt prevent me from recognizing those still trying to be professional teachers, far below the available teaching spectrumā¦
There is plenty of room for all to keep learning.
Therefore, in hopes to further inure myself with the common trolls of the board, I would like to condescend by e x t e n d i n g my warmest asshole remarksā¦
The correct term for materials that easily undergo combustion is āinflammableāā¦ stemming from their ability to succumb to rapid self-propagating oxidation reactions that release visible high-temperature ion plasmasā¦ Id est, āinflamedā or cloaked āin flameāā¦ like instruct, but not infallible. 
Ooh! Me too! As a male of short stature, small genitals, hairy toes and other pet insecuritiesāobviously somehow traumatic enough to make me lash out online anonymously so that the intensity of my shame will mold my mental homunculus into a True āTrollā (and maintain that form) most befitting of this persona by which I garner my precious human attentionāI, TOO, work tirelessly at flexing my menial comprehension of nomenclature (as well as grammar, syntax, spelling and other minutiae of written language) because it divides people, thereby perversely satiating my sense of control! I grok thy guilt, fellow troglodyte! 
Who are YOU to contradict all those esteemed internet scientists here on Future-420 (s.i.c. ācause I know ) who provide the REAL public education (AKA recalcitrance, Biatch!) by boldy arguing semantics with @Sidco_Cat @BigM_2 and all the others "reppinā The Man" trying to sell us medusa mystery poison gas, dubiously dry dirt for your CRV, and microtoxins in your shroom fungi reefers with fake Kindle-Buds?! 
This guy gets it! Hey Cassin! 
I like the nom oā yo chub! Fist me, Bromance! 
Hydroksy acid literally EXPLODES yer dabs, Chad! Now you know the long term effects becuase that sizzle pop aint no joke! Killa ferrule, Sun! 
I know a guy who knows my cousin who sells professional amounts of shed licensing fans. Juāshit upslide my DM, homely! I got that PRO stank!
Teprs EAT trichs, but they dont dissolve them! My buddy Jackalobe Frenellum told me when a tapir ate his trickh at the zoo! but he waited all day but when it shat out his trike it was still all in 1 peace butt some paint was peelin off an it was slimy af
Also, you agree terps are harmless but aint innoculus? Hahaha lol wut?
Is it jus me or does this make your dabs
Uhā¦ 
Iāll blast that mofo right now! You heard me @Photon_noir! Step up, you smartass lil pansy presser! 
Iāll bet @Photon_noir is āexperiencing [pressure]ā now!
You feed dabs to kids???!!! Wow thats LOW, Keith. You sound like one of those moderate wife lovers 
or those CRV pushers like resident dessicated testical @Photon_noir would defend! 
How many people do you think you ARE?
Fixedā¦ @Ralf.
Today, @TurahTurah totally told @terplord420 to twist the Topic Title to Tuggies, turnt to twiddle @tweedledewās ticklish terpy taint ten times, then tasked @TheVanillaGorilla (tentatively tutoring @TRIPPIEās timidly twerking turtles) to tweak twenty twelve-ton tractor trailors, trapping @troy227 tween two trypping, tartan-twirling tarts 'til Tuesday!
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Cheers
Havent seen the photon troll before. Solid.
Lmfaoo still snorting he went to town on yall lmfao
Thatās got to be some of the best chirping Iāve witnessed in a long time, & so accurately articulated. Good stuff.
This is MoM worthy chirping imo 
Yo wtf lol.
I havenāt done any acid in like 30 years but trying to read your post got me feeling like Iām having a flashback. Thatās one hell of a word salad.
I feel like Iām in a rap battle
Iāve experimented by dropping distillate that had water in it on my rig and CRACK SIZZLE POP yea lol
Was cool to see