The downsides of being a bioinformatician in Academia - need to knows

I love my career and job but there are some negatives to it (like most things!) Here's a couple of negatives about being a bioinformatician within academia

0:00 = intro
1:20 = monies
4:00 = sedentary life
5:35 = women in stem
6:37 = Academic rat race
7:38 = young professional dead vibes
9:01 = outro

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*Academic Background* 🧬
Cert HE Medical Science Uni of Buckingham (2015-2016) 🧬
BSc (Hons) Molecular Biology & Genetics University of East Anglia (2017-2020) 🧬
Bioinformatics Internship with GenSoc at Earlham Institute (2020) 🧬
Employment as Genomic Data Scientist (2020)

*Non-traditional Background*
❥ Worked full-time during 2/3rds of my degree (I made the best Martini in Norwich)
❥ Estranged from my parents
❥ Carer during undergrad

*Frequently Asked Questions:* -

Q. How old are you? - A. 26 -
Q. When did you start learning to code? - A. August 2019 -
Q. What languages do you mainly use in your work? - A. Python, Bash, R -
Q. Where are you based? - A. I work in London, UK
Q. What do I work on? - A. I’m a bioinformatician working on Cancer Research -
Q. Why are you making this channel? - A I feel very lucky to have stumbled into this field slightly before the start of the pandemic. I love my job so much and want to share how I made the transition from a wet lab biology degree and bring more transparency to the field of bioinformatics and genomic data science

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