Bioinformatics in The Economist

Erich Schwarz writes "Bioinformatics has gone from being an esoteric sub-field to being a business. The Economist gives a useful overview, while warning 'Bioinformatics is not for the faint of heart...'"

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bad idea

[g4dget]

Don't pick what is fashionable, pick what you are interested in. The biological sciences are very different from computer science and engineering. Chances are that if you weren't interested in the biological sciences when you picked your major, you still wouldn't be today.

What you can do, however, is apply computer science and engineering skills to biological problems: work as a developer or engineer for a biotech company or lab.

Re:What I'd major in

[Zork the Almighty]

I'm a graduate student in mathematics and I find biology "hard". It's somewhat straightforwards, but there's too much crap to memorize. But all the biology people I know think math is hard, so it's obviously a matter of personal attributes and taste as to what is "hard" or "easy".