r_m_adler

sorry the last sentence seems to be a non-sequitur. Why does the high cost of a hiring mistake justify letting slightly sub-par people stay?

your missing this section:

education:

B.S. [stanford|mit|caltech|berkeley|waterloo|et al.]

It's hard for companies to know if you are any good if you went to a mediocre university. when people talk of a "shortage" this is what they really mean - you will have to find other ways to prove yourself. It will probably be a lot harder. good luck.

This sounds really interesting - I would definitely apply to work on such a thing. But I am scared away by the science career path. So optimistically you get to develop some neuro simulation code, maybe get a couple of papers out it. What do you do then? Who in industry hires people who worked on this kind of stuff? I'm not trying to be pessimistic - if I figure out a good idea then I'll go for it and apply.