Forum:How to get involved in this field.

Question

[khaeuk]

Hello,

I am a recent graduate student with a BS CS Bioinformatics degree. I will be heading off to industry for few years (as a full time), then go into Masters. And for those few years, I would like to know if there's anything I can do to improve myself in the field of bioinformatics, or some organization I can get involved in, or any certificate I can try to get?

Thank you.

Answer 1

[h.mon]

1. Don't stop reading papers (and good blogs), keep yourself up to date with the latest developments
2. Contribute code (or bug reports, or testing) to open source projects - or even start your own project
3. Share your knowledge here at BioStars, and learn a lot in the proccess

But honestly, by the time you set yourself to get a masters degree, consider how fulfilled you are working on industry, and think if it is really worth doing a masters in the first place.