>>12133519>What's the minimum degree requirement for good work?Multiple trajectories. Some people entire companies at a low-salary BS and work their way up to a higher paying position. Others get a masters and then enter at a higher salary. Depends on whether you want to start making money NOW or if you want to go into debt a bit more for a few more years for more earning power. When you're close to done with your BS, take a long hard look at the job market.
If you don't know what informational interviews are, its 100% the way to make connections these days. Find a small biotech, email the CEO or people in higher positions, ask for a coffee interview and pick their brain with these exact questions.
>>12137106>even if i study cs and take bioinformatics classes i can switch to biotech and work in bioinformatics ?Yes, absolutely. degrees past BS are entirely arbitrary. No one cares if you do genetics or cell biology or neuroscience, its all lumped together as "bechwork scientist". Same for things like CS/bioinformatics, all lumped together as "code people".
It may take more convincing that you have knowledge in the bioinformatics field you're applying to (aka learn RNAseq analysis on your own or some shit if thats what you're aiming for), but they'll hire you.
I have a PhD in cell biology and I was hired as a machine learning person last month because I happen to do a lot of coding/statistics. There is a big need for anyone who can code, and they don't give two shits what your degree is in, 99% of learning will come from the job, they usually just want to make sure you know how to code.
>>12136268>What programming languages do anons in bioinformatics use?I use R for all of my shit (machine learning though). It's used quite heavily in bioinformatics here. Python is also extremely useful and used as much. My personal opinion is learn Python as its a general-purpose language used heavily in all fields.
