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I kinda agree with Peter Thiel and this article. We are seeing a lot of more innovation in bits then in atoms. And it kinda makes me sad for personal reasons.
by qnsi 5y ago
I kinda agree with Peter Thiel and this article. We are seeing a lot of more innovation in bits then in atoms.
And it kinda makes me sad for personal reasons. I studied business and economics and have experience as web developer. I would love to have a startup innovating in atoms, but I find it hard to transition there. I would love to go back in time and change my major to biotechnology, but as I am 27 I feel I already wasted too much time in the university. It kinda feels like a worst situation to be in. Im still pretty young, and dont want to spend the rest of my life making REST apis, but would have a hard time justyfing spending another 5 years learning something from scratch :/
- 1auralynn 5y agoAnd most likely you'd go back to tech anyway around age 35 after not earning enough to live comfortably (speaking as someone with a background in biology with lots of friends and colleagues who left the field). Don't get me wrong, it's tragic that the brightest minds are being wasted making dog-walking apps or whatever.
- j_walter 5y agoBig difference between biology and biotechnology though. Biology is one of those fields that many people are drawn to yet the post-college career is not quite what they seemed. Recently interviewed a candidate for a low level tech job that has 2 BS in Biology and Aquatic Science from UW...after years of finding nothing but barely above minimum wage work she decided to look for a different field of study. A lot of wasted time and money for her.
- 1auralynn 5y agoSome of them were in biotech, and yeah it still doesn't pay nearly at the same level as engineering jobs. Also I was on the molecular/biochem side so pretty techy.