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minus-squareGarlicToast@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·2 years agoYou can work in bioinformatics, the pay is lower than FAANG, but your code will benefit society.
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·2 years agoBenefit society, or go to support a pharmaceutical company that will in some way benefit society in exchange for making a few people rich? No ethical consumption working conditions under capitalism.
minus-squareGarlicToast@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoBioinformatics isn’t used only for medical research or within big companies. Sub-topics like metagenomics, that are helpful in many areas of research, require high level of technical knowledge, that the life science people don’t have.
You can work in bioinformatics, the pay is lower than FAANG, but your code will benefit society.
Benefit society, or go to support a pharmaceutical company that will in some way benefit society in exchange for making a few people rich?
No ethical
consumptionworking conditions under capitalism.Bioinformatics isn’t used only for medical research or within big companies. Sub-topics like metagenomics, that are helpful in many areas of research, require high level of technical knowledge, that the life science people don’t have.