Biologists, biochemists, and microbiologists: how did you choose your field? I'm coming to the end of my undergraduate research year, and hope to apply for doctoral study for 2013, but am finding it very hard to settle definitively on a field and a lab to target. If you were a bright young thing about to start your research career in earnest, where would you hope to end up?
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posted by nicolas léonard sadi carnot
on Jan 4, 2012 -
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After a few months of looking, I've found another research-related job at my university. Tell me what doors it will open to me that weren't open already.
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posted by Nomyte
on Oct 30, 2011 -
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Please help two hardworking yet poor 30 year olds get careers and move out of this tiny one-bedroom apartment.
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posted by powerbumpkin
on Apr 7, 2011 -
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Please help me, a first-year postdoc in auditory neuroscience, think of alternate career paths.
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 2, 2011 -
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How does a biotech postdoc simultaneously explore academic and industry job opportunities?
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posted by anonymous
on Jan 31, 2011 -
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What positions does "research assistant" translate into in the real world?
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posted by Nomyte
on Jan 4, 2011 -
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Programming Filter: I'm applying for software jobs, but I don't want to forget what I know. How should I practice to keep my skills sharp?
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posted by Chicken Boolean
on Oct 21, 2010 -
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CareerSwitchFilter: I majored in Computer Science and Theater in college. I've been working in theater for the past two years and now want to switch to a career in the more lucrative major. Problem is I have no experience and no code samples, having deleted them all to make space on my computer for production photos. What's the best way to go about making this switch?
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posted by edbles
on Jan 22, 2010 -
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What are the chances that I will be able to get a job outside of my discipline following completion of the PhD?
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posted by anonymous
on May 22, 2009 -
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Looking for a good source to search for biology, ecology, conservation, zoology, etc, type jobs in the San Francisco Bay Area
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posted by CTORourke
on Apr 6, 2009 -
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I saw a website or read an article about an ergonomic "cubicle" that was actually a very large, balanced sphere. The person would lie down inside the sphere in a perfectly supporting "chair" (somewhat like a first-class recliner), facing upwards; the keyboard was at lap level, and the monitor hung from the top of the sphere. Now I can't find it. Help?
posted by tzikeh
on Jul 15, 2008 -
6 answers
Where can I find which quantitative/technical skills are hot, and which ones aren't?
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posted by lunchbox
on Feb 3, 2008 -
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