r/bioinformaticscareers

I’m at the end of my 4th year in a 5-year bioinformatics program. All I’ve accomplished is one paper that’s still under review at a very low impact journal, I have 3 other projects that are at a weird stage but are also not very novel or impressive, just things I did because my PI made me do them. I have so many projects that went to the project graveyard because collaborators/undergrads working on them ghosted us, or because my PI’s goals changed.

I’m thinking about my next career steps. I want to do a postdoc, but my PhD has been so unimpressive, and I also want to pivot into a different field, so who the hell is going to hire me? Forget about an industry position, there’s no way I’ll be able to get one.

I’m trying to think about my PhD as just the beginning of my career, but I feel like I’ve had such a poor foundation and haven’t built the skill set I wanted to.

Hello seniors.

I am very confused as to if I am making a wrong decision.

I had pcb in class 12th and took a drop for neet and I dont see myself getting in a gmc.

I found out about Bioinformatics and heard mixed reviews.

So, Is Msc in bioinformatics worth it? or will I end up jobless/on low pay.

Also, I was thinking of starting with a bsc in either biotech/life sciences before pursuing Msc boinfo.

Which one do you think is a better path to take? Life sciences or biotech?

Please help me out.

Also please some leave some good colleges to get these bachelors in the replies.

Good morning,

after completing a bachelor’s degree in bioinformatics, I realized that it is not the right path for me: I don’t enjoy a job that is too focused on working at a computer or in a purely academic environment, and I also understood that I am not particularly suited to computer science. At the same time, I developed a strong interest in biological and healthcare sciences, and already during my second year I started considering switching to medicine or nursing.

One of my main concerns is employment: I’m worried that bioinformatics may offer fewer opportunities and be a more limited field, while nursing seems to provide much more stability and job availability.

For this reason, I’m wondering whether starting nursing at 24 is a sensible choice. Is there anyone who has studied or works in these fields and could share a concrete perspective on what they are like? Thank you.

Hello! I am a first-year Ph.D. student in life sciences who is currently choosing a lab from my rotations. I rotated through metabolism/cell biology focused labs (the labs I am considering joining focus heavily on targeted metabolomics analysis). At this current point in my education, I am definitely considering industry rather than academia. I was wondering, has anyone here made the leap from a truly wet-lab focus to a data-heavy/bioinformatics focused career? Thanks!

We're a small team working at Rockefeller. We are essentially a core, so we get to work on lots of cool projects across the university. I'm happy to answer any questions about what the job is like.