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I’ve had a growing interest in the power of DNA and what the data can be used for since discovering no less than 3 family secrets (one of which pertaining to me
by samtho 4y ago
I’ve had a growing interest in the power of DNA and what the data can be used for since discovering no less than 3 family secrets (one of which pertaining to me) after taking an Ancestry DNA test. Did I know I was going to find 18 half siblings the moment my results came in? Nope, but yet there they are, listed in order of most shared DNA.
Despite my interest, I’ve found that landing a job in this field at my desired compensation level is very difficult especially if you not have the ”correct” academic background. Who does a double degree for computer science and forensic genealogy? I’m sure some people but for $75k/yr you’d think the companies need to at least adjust their expectations.
- the_only_law 4y agoYeah the low pay is one thing, but in my experience a lot of the academic jobs seem to want a domain scientist who can do programming, not the other way around.
- ninala 4y agoNot always true - but finding a very good programmer who knows the domain well enough to make a significant impact is challenging.
- foooobaba 4y agoYeah, I agree, I looked into this before, and the pay doesn’t come close to other swe jobs, as far as I have seen whenever I look. It is usually like 2x less, it’s hard to want to choose that just to work on something a bit more interesting. I even have a background in bioinformatics, but I never found anything that compensates it as much as pure swe roles.