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Come to Biotech! We desperately need programmers with any sort of skills. The pay is not as good, but the companies are more stable (generally) and the benefi
by Balgair 1y ago
Come to Biotech!
We desperately need programmers with any sort of skills.
The pay is not as good, but the companies are more stable (generally) and the benefits are fine. Mostly remote work for programming. You'll have to deal with bio people too. Family friendly.
- ponector 1y ago>> We desperately need programmers with any sort of skills I doubt you are hiring people without education degree in biology.
- Balgair 1y agoI can only speak for a few companies that I know of here, but not really, no. Programmers are really needed. Now, you're going to be working on firmware and with chips (C, BASIC, python, etc), so it's not the stuff that may be in vogue these days at FANGs. Also, yeah, again, the pay is lower.
- joquarky 1y agoAll biotech jobs I've come across require at least a few years of experience specific to biotech. I have 30 years of software development experience, but none with anything health related, so I never get a response from any biotech applications.
- Balgair 1y agoWhere are you looking? Startups? The larger firms aren't really looking for those degrees with bio, at least in the SW side. If they are, I would ignore that requirement and apply anyways. Most of these firms have bad HR departments that will throw a Caesar salad in with the job requirements, lol. Just be warned, the pay is lower.
- rkomorn 1y agoI've got a bit of restaurant kitchen experience. The Caesar salad doesn't scare me...
- rkomorn 1y agoYes, that's been more my experience as well (though I'd guess my profile is a little less compatible than yours anyway).