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IlyaShpitser comments on Stupid Questions (10/27/2014) - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: IlyaShpitser 28 October 2014 08:59:20AM 16 points [-]

Coding + stats skills + some biology = the world is your oyster (pharma, research labs/institutes, postdocing if you aren't sick of academia yet, bio startups if you feel you can get invested in something again, etc). I am sorry you had a toxic experience in graduate school. I know this does not help, but I can tell you these are very common, especially in your field.