/sci/ - Science & Math

[Anonymous No.11869489]

Bio student here
Read a lot about biologists not finding jobs and working in unrelated fields
Went into Molecular Biology/BioChem/BioIT studies just to ensure getting big bucks
Emailed profs, they ensured me its gonna be fine
Theres acutal webpages here (germany) dedicated to warning students not to study bio bcs medfags and pharmabois will always be preferred for jobs (who tf lets a medfag in a lab anyway)
you cant watch a video about biology studies without the comment sections being full of bitter people telling u not to study bio

are they all just unreasonably bitter and angry over not finding a 100k/y job with a bachelors or have fucked up in some other way?

im freaking out /sci/ pls comfort

[Anonymous No.11869504]

>>11869489
>are they all just unreasonably bitter and angry over not finding a 100k/y job with a bachelors or have fucked up in some other way?
Yes.
If you are intelligent, then you can get a good job with a bachelors in women's studies. It doesn't matter.

[Anonymous No.11869516]

>>11869489
Pure biofags have no skills, it's simple as that and medfags who want to do research do your biology degree as a side-lunch.
Unless you're a peak autist obsessed with beetles or yeasts since age 6 you're better off going to med school, especially if you want to do any field related to the human body.
If you do biochem you will probably get jobs in the industry but it will be harder to enter the medical world.

[Anonymous No.11869527]

>>11869489
Good luck Hans.
I'm aiming for the biochem path as well here in the states.

I think we'll be ok, honestly. Just depends on where you live, and if there are startups or a tech industry in general.

Really though, you should be studying what interests you, not what you think will make you richest. I'd rather be a chemist than a real estate agent any day.

[Anonymous No.11869560]

long time stemfag here.
bio is weird. in computer sci, or even engineering, you can learn new skills on your own, as much as you want. in those fields you have some degree over the direction of your career.

in bio, you go in with the academia skillset, but a company or organization will have you do very specific things. you def won't use lots of what you learned, whether it's western blot, hplc, gc/ms, pcr, biolistic pellet gene insertion, page gels, dna synth, peptide synth, beta harvesting, gamma or beta assays, radio-immune assays (ria), chemical extractions, ligand affinity testing with 96-well matrices, etc.
no, you'll use like maybe two or three skills, and then all the basic buffer formulations, pH testing stuff.

so what happens is: the longer you stay at a company, the more you learn their system, and lose the big foundation you graduated with. so, you kinda become 'middle management material'. not good when a research grant runs out, or a company shifts direction or ownership.

i became very comfy, but very out of touch with the newer skills. i learned the hard way; keep all of your skills current and fresh. but see, for bio, that means taking extended studies at a 4-year, because your company just isn't going to pay for you to take a refresher in GC/MS, ..and what about hands on use?

..i learned to love the comp sci field. i can pick up or d/l an eBook, load up some software, and learn all the new stuff i want. never could do that in bio.

remember, you can really be fascinated by astronomy, but it makes a terrible living.
remember, there are a shitload of people (PhD/businessmen) that know labrats come a dime a dozen to staff their benches. labrats are generally young, don't owe mortgages, don't have children, aren't wage savvy, and can be hired and pink-slipped all day long. i have been in companies and have seen entire research arms get laid-off.

advice in bio that is so true: go into manufacturing, qa/qc second. not research & dev.