>>14400188I am very glad to read that question. As in Science, one always has to be fully informed of what is before him and Profs and Admins purposefully do a shit job at giving you the full intel on the job market so you will stay as a lab worker (tech or phd, the same thing, the latter just worse payed). Because as a Biologist you are still valuable to non-pure-science jobs, also the fact that, on average, Biologists are much dummer than Chemists/Physicists because of Shaquilas and Jennifers has not really caught on yet outside of pure-science-jobs in my experience (middle europe).
So lets start with resources:
- Cheeky Scientist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8hSvbDRsCk this one seems PhD-specific but it is really not. Basically applies to Biology-graduates too very useful resource.
- I am a big fan of Eric Weinstein and he happens to also see the disparate conditions the science jobs are in. So he might enlighten you too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt7Olnm1oL4- learn how a Business works (Cheeky Scientist might help here). Marketing vs Sales vs Production vs Project Management etc. At basically every department of a Bio or bio-adjacent business there might be a job for you.
More specific (this is a mix of what Cheeky Scientist lists and what see):
- Learn to code (if youre smart and good with computers) > this will give you most leverage right now (maybe not in SF or so but in most westen cities)
- Project Management in Pharma/Biotech: Youre basically the person taking responsibility for a venture to succeed. There are a lot of certs that are done once you get the job (or in preparation)
- Quality Assurance / QUality Management: Youre orderly and like everything neet, dont like change? This is the personality the best QAs and QMs have
- Medical Science Liaison Officer / Sales / Specialist / Outcomes Research : This is for people that are good with other people I think. A lot of customer (which are doctors, other scientists, patients) relations
