[Pipet Devel] Job interviews, etc

[deanne at density.biop.umich.edu]

> deanne at density.biop.umich.edu wrote:
> > 
> > I've also been looking for jobs in bioinformatics (which is how I found
> > you guys, btw, which was a nice coincidence). I have an interview at
> > Harvard Medical School as a research computing scientist in
> > bioinformatics
> 
> Definitely come (I live there) to Boston!  It's becoming Bioinformatics
> Central, as evidenced by Gary's arrival next year ;-)

Excellent. Boston is my home town.I'm only out here in Ann Arbor for the
degree and then I want to come back home. I lived up in Saugus for too
many years. :)

> Tell me about it.  As if there are sooooo many Ph.D. programs in
> bioinformatics out there!  Personally, I think computer skills are more
> important than having a pure (non biochem or biophysics) background.  You
> usually focus on a single biological problem in bioinformatics, so there can
> be less biology to learn than computing/programming.

Right! The only time you'd have to worry about it is if you were directing
projects or something. Or supporting many research labs (like the harvard
job is asking for).

I'll be staying in downtown boston all weekend; my flight leaves at
3pm. if anyone in boston feels social, give me an email; if not, talk to
you guys later. I'm leaving now. Really.

D