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Goober Writer wrote:
> Great. How long will it take you to have an in-depth
> understanding of the subject matter in order to take a
> scientists notes on the matter
A computer scientist? probably about 48 hours or less.
A biologist? Much longer - I might not even take that job if I felt it was
too far over my head.
The point is that the biotech/biomed industry is creating a lot of IT jobs
for apps that manipulate the data.For example, if a pharma company is
building a J2EE app, they will probably look for developers with J2EE
experience, not biology degrees.
I'm not talking through my hat here. I have worked with s/w applications for
clinical labs, chemical inventories, and pharma manufacturing controls. In
every case, my IT experience was much more important than the domain
knowledge - not that I didn't acquire the necessary domain knowledge. At
some level, it's all just data processing, and there are only so many ways
to move and store data.
