[Pipet Devel] Job interviews, etc

[J.W. Bizzaro]

"J.W. Bizzaro" wrote:
> 
> Tell me about it.  As if there are sooooo many Ph.D. programs in
> bioinformatics out there!  Personally, I think computer skills are more
> important than having a pure (non biochem or biophysics) background.  You
> usually focus on a single biological problem in bioinformatics, so there can
> be less biology to learn than computing/programming.

"Pure" biologists are such snobs when it comes to the allied fields.  I can
attest to that in my many failed attempts to cross over from chemistry.  But
don't get me going on that...I want to keep people ON this list :-)

Jeff
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