Comment Re:Bioinformatics Bubble? (Score 1) 38
This is how I see it.
I graduated in 2003 from a small university in latin america. BS in Biology with a twist at the end toward bioinformatics. In my almost 10 years of experience in the field, I found that people with the very odd mix of skills combining biology and computer science are quite hard to find. If you have both sets of skills, you won't have a hard time finding a job. Not even is as me, you move to a highly competitive area like US North East( DC area ), where in my case language and cultural barriers make things a little harder. I did enroll and finish a Master in Bioinformatics program in a local prestigious University to increase my chances.
Biology professionals only want to use a computer for as long as they forcibly have to, computer science professionals have much easier ways to make their living.
I graduated in 2003 from a small university in latin america. BS in Biology with a twist at the end toward bioinformatics. In my almost 10 years of experience in the field, I found that people with the very odd mix of skills combining biology and computer science are quite hard to find. If you have both sets of skills, you won't have a hard time finding a job. Not even is as me, you move to a highly competitive area like US North East( DC area ), where in my case language and cultural barriers make things a little harder. I did enroll and finish a Master in Bioinformatics program in a local prestigious University to increase my chances.
Biology professionals only want to use a computer for as long as they forcibly have to, computer science professionals have much easier ways to make their living.