Posted by: Sparty July 28, 2011
Biology/Chemistry
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Hey biology,

I was in your shoes few years back. I used to stay away from any courses that required use of computers other than MS office. I used to think I can never do any computational stuffs. However in my 4th year in grad school, I got exposed to bioinformatics, not because I wanted, but because I had no other options (it's a long story). Then I started liking it and I have decided to pursue my career in bioinformatics. Trust me, it is doable. Although I'm still learning programming, but it is not so difficult that I used to think. If you have no interest then it is different story, but if you are staying away only because you think you can't excel, then I suggest you just give it a try. For that you can choose a lab that does both dry and wet labs. Do wet lab stuffs and learn programming from the lab members who do it. Then if you really like you can go into it and if you don't then you can continue doing wet lab stuffs. When I started, there was nobody to teach me and still I'm the only one who does that in our lab.
Bottomline, keep your mind open to purana kagaz's suggestion, you won't regret.

Sparty
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