How to land bioinformatics jobs in industry? Answering your questions! 

Thanks for the great info. Hoping to see what "A day in the life of bioinformatician in industry" looks like.

H! Thanks for this video! I found it interesting also the decisions to take into account for both research and industry. The biggest difference I've heard to consider both worlds is that in industry you can get "stability" but lack of freedom in your work compared to stay in research. Thanks again for sharing!

Hi Maria! Thanks for the video. It is much appreciated! As for the next video, it would be great to hear your thoughts on academia vs. industry (especially before having my decision :) )

I will be looking for jobs next fall or winter after my PhD and I am already dreading it. I applied for internships this summer and did not get anything and so that feels me up with more worry. Thanks for this video!

Thank you for sharing this!

hi! im currently doing my bachelors in computer science and want to go into bioinformatics. im located in germany. do you think its a difference here? what kind of skills can i additionally acquire to be more suited for the job, given i only learn "normal" computer science stuff at uni? :) im very interested in data science, analysis... etc. ly

Very informative !!

Thank you, Maria!

Hey there, I would love more insight into academia vs industry. I just got into industry coming from academia and I'm finding that the transition is more challenging than anticipated.

I don't even have an undergraduate degree in Biology but have a software engineering background. I am willing to do courses on edX and/or Coursera. Will that be enough to get a job in Bioinformatics?

What do you think about freelance/remote projects specializing in just the data viz. I’m fluent in R and ggplot2

do u have to know all those genomics, proteomics, metabolomics and other -omics to get bioinformatics jobs?

Hello maria could you explain please, how is the selection process to work at Google Health?

I am a 2nd year software engineering student, what roles can I apply for in the bioinformatics industry? For background I did biology till year 12 in highschool and then proceeded to study software engineering. I am exploring courses in bioinformatics on the side including the one from rebelScience. I am also considering doing a bioinformatics project(idk which one yet) for my dissertation project. Is there anything else I can do to be job ready as I graduate?

Hello Maria! Firstly thanks for all the information that u have provided through this video. and secondly could you give me a advice for getting into industry right after completing bachelors? i have completed my bachelors in Bioinformatics and seeking for oppurtunities, so would be appreciated if anybody here or maria itself could give me a advice.Thank you

Hi Maria! Thanks for the video. I was wondering something though, you pointed out that having a good online presence is very important in the early resume stages, and I wanted to ask, how would you go about online presence then you have multiple interests? Like for me, personally, I'm into bioinformatics, quantitaive analysis/research in finance, and tbh just Data Science in general. Do you think it's preferable to open multiple "platforms" (social media, blog, github, etc), do it all in the same place, or it's irrelavant? On the one hand I feel like a recruiter for "x" position won't care about projects about "y" (and might even be bothered by it), but on the other hand it seems excessive to build two different portfolios (and two of everything, really). I also would love that Industry vs Academia video, by the way :P

Thanks for the video! I juuuust started my masters, with a bachelor's in biochemistry.

One vote for the video on academia vs industry :)

What about if you just came out of school like with a MS and have no research? How can we get an entry level position then?

Salût Maria! I wanted to know if one can transition from Bioinfo towards more of an IT based job. I am enroute to finish my masters in Bioinformatics. I would love some input if it would please you. Alors, merci bien. :)

There are ‘courses’ now for sale on how to become a bioinformatician, claiming ‘anybody’ can do it. What do you think? I’m interested in freelance remote work. Which areas should I focus on to find that kind of work? Biocuration maybe?

Starting salaries for bioinformatics are $120k, given you have a PhD. It has gone up.

Which job is preferable for bioinformatician? Academic vs Industry

I would be thankfull if you could recommend me a college to apply for a master in Computational biology or bioinformatics if there is a difference between them.

Your channel are really great and informative , I need your opinion in my case, now I'm 23 years old a fresh graduate pharmacy student, now I'm very interesting to get in bioinformatics and computational biology and start my career,I have the biological background but I dont have any background about cooding and programing, actually ao was interesting to start a master is this possible or do I need to study a bachelor from the first but in bioinformatics, or just to take separate courses needed and then to be qualified for industry,

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In the US maybe things are simpler... but in the EU the field of bioinformatics is extremely competitive, even having a conversation about how to land a job in the field shows the great difficulty of it. I don't know the US Market, but in Europe even someone with a Masters degree of grade 9.9/10 (honors with distinction, top of class)...cannot get a job in the field... I don't recommend bioinformatics as a career... because probably there will be no career whatsoever...