bioinformatics BAD BEHAVIOUR I'm leaving in 2023 - and you should too

[@AkankshaRout-h8e]

I just love you and your spirit. And it is because of you that i got courageous to learn bioinformatics slowly as am a masters in zoology but i love it and this transition is painful still im trying mam. Thankyou and please keep motivating like this.

[@genomicswithgeorgia]

Thanks for your kind words! 💖 that’s fantastic that you’ve started, especially whilst focusing on your zoology masters. Keep at it, and future you will be very grateful 👍

[@abuhurairah4994]

Lots of love and respect from India.

[@joshbasnet3014]

I dont want to be disrespectful or anything but i want to ask you a question. I have 2 bachelors degree clinical medicine and software engineering, i really want to become bioinf but compared to data analytics/ML engineer the salary is way too low for a bioinf. Experienced ML engineers(5-6 years of experience )can earn 150-500k depending upon location . So is the low pay a myth or experienced bioinf earn same as ML engineers ?

[@genomicswithgeorgia]

Hiya, not disrespectful at all, it’s important to talk about money. As always industry roles in companies pay 2 or even 3 times more than salaries in academia (in the UK at least) whether that’s for a bioinformatician or for a principle software engineer. Software engineering is where the big money is, especially in industry with the higher salaries! Engineering roles pay more. Period. Bioinformatics doesn’t pay as much a software engineering, but it pays more than post docs and wet lab scientists. Bioinformatics is a great Segway into computer science jobs coming from a biology background if you want to leave the biology behind. You could be a bioinformatics engineer which pays slightly higher. It depends what your skill set is/what you enjoy/what you’re willing to give up. You talk of ML engineers vs Bioinformaticians. ML engineers in tech are paid more, but if you compared a ML engineer working in biotech to a Bioinformatics Engineer working in biotech they’re in the same pay bracket. Hope this helps! Personally I’d find software engineering too boring and imagine I would be unmotivated and unlikely to progress up the pay ladder anyway! But if you want higher pay for that kind of role then go for it!

[@joshbasnet3014]

@@genomicswithgeorgia thank you for the reply.

[@jeread5193]

I'm already ankle-deep in R, I like it and want to keep it.

[@genomicswithgeorgia]

Good stuff! Deffo keep it in your up to date skill set :-) (but don’t close your mind to the others ⭐️)

[@davidtindell950]

Best WISHES for an AWESOME 2024 !

[@genomicswithgeorgia]

Absolutely! Yes thank you David, best wishes for you too! 🤞🌟

[@fahmithanazreen7606]

im a current pg bioinf student from india.can u suggest me wht can i do in summer training aspect?

[@sanjaisrao484]

Thanks

[@abuhurairah4994]

My first comment to you.

[@genomicswithgeorgia]

Hello thanks for joining the genomics with Georgia community 💖 thankful to have you here 💖