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If you want to stay in biotech you should go to graduate school. The entry level bioinformatics jobs available to someone with an undergraduate degree are reall
by menloparkbum 18y ago
If you want to stay in biotech you should go to graduate school. The entry level bioinformatics jobs available to someone with an undergraduate degree are really lame. I know this because I have done them.
A startup with your friends would be the most fun. However I think a lot of money in biotech still comes from grants and pharmas so you might want a grad degree or someone with a grad degree in your startup.
- buckwild 18y agoCan you be more specific as to what you mean when you say lame? Do you mean that I'll basically end up being the guy who does all of the boring-routine work and won't be able to use my creativity or something? Or are you referring to the scandalously low, poverty-like wage companies try to force us into. One company I worked for paid me $10 an hour as an 'intern', but gave my peers (who had just graduated and were really no more experienced than me other than a degree) something around $25-$30. I ask because at this point I feel like an industry day job is a very possible option.
- menloparkbum 18y agoIn my experience it was a lot of java infrastructure work that was very far removed from biology. It was the same sort of thing that one would do at a bank or insurance company. The pay was fine, but lower than other industries. I think this is because of the high percentage of academics in the field. PhDs in the sciences have worked for $17,000 a year for so long that $60,000 a year seems like a king's ransom.