tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14779053.post8409428693709304935..comments2023-10-24T07:39:20.317-07:00Comments on Is this thing on?: more follow up answers to questions in the comments...yeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04255656208440246594noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14779053.post-17633015163017150372007-02-12T11:10:00.000-08:002007-02-12T11:10:00.000-08:00It's absolutely amazing how everything makes sense...It's absolutely amazing how everything makes sense until you actually start looking for a job. That is when I come to a conclusion that my Ph.D. is field-wise useless. How DO you get that first experience if no-one wants to hire a "book-worm"? With the exception of summer-time gigs back in undergrad, what else can anyone leaving a Ph.D. program boast? I am confused, to say the least... I am (almost) where the other guy is -- 26, Ph.D. in Bioinformatics, no kids BUT I am married and thus stuck in the New York Metro area. One would assume that with all the big pharma around someone would take a chance on the new girl, but nooooo.... Well at least not yet. Plenty of places that want me to do pattern recognition on financial data though. So my question is this: Is it worth it to look for/take a job in consulting (hopefully closer to bio) or an analyst position in finance (don't know how that's gonna work out if I've never went past the first "intro to finance" book in my life)? Or should I hold out for pharma to come around? (alternatively: should I build a neural net to predict my chances:)?)<BR/>I would really not want to leave bio completely, but I got to eat, right?<BR/>Thanks for the advice...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14301219343388137939noreply@blogger.com