Would HN recommend grad school for a friend that just graduated with a biochem degree from a tier 2/3 school?

I ask because he makes it seems like there are hundreds of well paying biotech and pharmaceutical positions that are easy to get in the Boston area. He didn't go to a top science school(Georgetown) and his grades are mediocre, so I imagine he could only get into an ok phd program. But then again what other options are available for undergrad science majors with no interest in programming, even though I tell him it could really separate him from the rest of the biochem pack.

Any insight from ya'll, I don't know anything about east coast research positions.