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Re:Ten Simple Rules for Starting a Company [PLoS Computation... by cing on Friday March 30, 2012 @12:14PM (#3776687)
Do you want to work on CS or software engineering?

I think you'll find many computational biology companies have software engineering job postings that don't require any biology background, https://www.23andme.com/about/jobs/ http://www.nanoporetech.com/careers/job-centre/view/91

Since you're reading that textbook it seems like you want to work on new algorithms for computational biology. In that case, you'll want to get a higher degree in bioinformatics.

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Re:Ten Simple Rules for Starting a Company [PLoS Computation... by ahelwer on Friday March 30, 2012 @01:11PM (#3776980)
Learning bioinformatics algorithms would probably suit me best, yes. On the other hand, I believe there is great inherent value in creating things, so the software dev jobs would be great. Would taking that route eventually limit me? It seems that at a certain level I would need the knowledge that comes with a masters in bioinformatics.
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