Anonymous
09/14/2024 18:41
Subject: Major in Biology — then what
Anonymous wrote:DD wants to major in biology, maybe get PhD.
Zero interest in medicine.
Other than working at volatile pharma or going into academia what other career paths exist?
Prepare her for a life of low pay and zero job security.
Anonymous
09/14/2024 10:51
Subject: Major in Biology — then what
There's a lot of industry beyond pharma. Every company that makes research instruments and reagents and equipment will need people with at least a tangential scientific background. Sales, marketing, R&D, application specialists, product managers.
Anonymous
09/13/2024 20:01
Subject: Major in Biology — then what
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I became a ghostwriter for biotech, green tech, and med tech companies. I get paid $1000-$2000 for articles that take me 3-4 hours to write.
How do you find leads?
Upwork, referrals, cold outreach.
That being said, 75% of what I do is business - customer service, finding customers, sales, etc. I hated it at first (social anxiety), but now I enjoy it. They're good skills to have no matter what industry you're in.
PP is wrong about ChatGPT. ChatGPT can write a blog post about the benefits of CBD gummies or whatever, but I write for emerging biotech industries where the science is closely guarded and ChatGPT doesn't know how it works. Most of what I do is interviewing scientists who know things nobody else does, then writing it in terms the general public can understand.
Right so writing the articles takes 2 hours, but the rest of the job is 6 hours of business development per job?
About that. If I write two $2000 per week, that's about 8-10 hours of work depending on how long they are.
The rest is networking, outreach, sales calls, communicating with current clients (they often LOVE meetings and we have to meet a couple times a month), invoicing, admin stuff, making edits on past articles, etc. That can take 15-30 hours depending on the week. I've been at it long enough I don't usually need to do a ton of sales calls or outreach, so I've been devoting those hours to writing my own science articles online for fun.
Forgot to add - the flexibility is REALLY nice now that I have kids. If someone is sick, I can still work. I can often do meetings on the phone and take a walk. Sometimes I'll hire a VA to help with outreach. Some clients will fly me out to check out their facility and interview scientists.
Anonymous
09/13/2024 19:57
Subject: Major in Biology — then what
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I became a ghostwriter for biotech, green tech, and med tech companies. I get paid $1000-$2000 for articles that take me 3-4 hours to write.
How do you find leads?
Upwork, referrals, cold outreach.
That being said, 75% of what I do is business - customer service, finding customers, sales, etc. I hated it at first (social anxiety), but now I enjoy it. They're good skills to have no matter what industry you're in.
PP is wrong about ChatGPT. ChatGPT can write a blog post about the benefits of CBD gummies or whatever, but I write for emerging biotech industries where the science is closely guarded and ChatGPT doesn't know how it works. Most of what I do is interviewing scientists who know things nobody else does, then writing it in terms the general public can understand.
Right so writing the articles takes 2 hours, but the rest of the job is 6 hours of business development per job?
About that. If I write two $2000 per week, that's about 8-10 hours of work depending on how long they are.
The rest is networking, outreach, sales calls, communicating with current clients (they often LOVE meetings and we have to meet a couple times a month), invoicing, admin stuff, making edits on past articles, etc. That can take 15-30 hours depending on the week. I've been at it long enough I don't usually need to do a ton of sales calls or outreach, so I've been devoting those hours to writing my own science articles online for fun.
Anonymous
09/13/2024 11:50
Subject: Major in Biology — then what
I was biology major for a year with intention to go to med school. Changed it to political science. Although I’m happy I changed when I did, I wish I had pursued nursing instead.
Anonymous
09/13/2024 11:49
Subject: Major in Biology — then what
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I became a ghostwriter for biotech, green tech, and med tech companies. I get paid $1000-$2000 for articles that take me 3-4 hours to write.
How do you find leads?
Upwork, referrals, cold outreach.
That being said, 75% of what I do is business - customer service, finding customers, sales, etc. I hated it at first (social anxiety), but now I enjoy it. They're good skills to have no matter what industry you're in.
PP is wrong about ChatGPT. ChatGPT can write a blog post about the benefits of CBD gummies or whatever, but I write for emerging biotech industries where the science is closely guarded and ChatGPT doesn't know how it works. Most of what I do is interviewing scientists who know things nobody else does, then writing it in terms the general public can understand.
Right so writing the articles takes 2 hours, but the rest of the job is 6 hours of business development per job?
Anonymous
09/13/2024 11:11
Subject: Major in Biology — then what
Public health
Anonymous
09/13/2024 10:58
Subject: Major in Biology — then what
My best friend did this - when she graduated she worked in labs. At first it was really cool - using her degree! Science, her first love! But the pay never really got to a livable wage and she had to bartend on the side to make ends meet.
When she had kids she went back to school to get a nursing degree and she's been a nurse for the last 6 years or so - much better pay, more options for careers, and still science-adjacent.
When she had kids she went back to school to get a nursing degree and she's been a nurse for the last 6 years or so - much better pay, more options for careers, and still science-adjacent.
Anonymous
09/13/2024 10:54
Subject: Major in Biology — then what
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I became a ghostwriter for biotech, green tech, and med tech companies. I get paid $1000-$2000 for articles that take me 3-4 hours to write.
How do you find leads?
Upwork, referrals, cold outreach.
That being said, 75% of what I do is business - customer service, finding customers, sales, etc. I hated it at first (social anxiety), but now I enjoy it. They're good skills to have no matter what industry you're in.
PP is wrong about ChatGPT. ChatGPT can write a blog post about the benefits of CBD gummies or whatever, but I write for emerging biotech industries where the science is closely guarded and ChatGPT doesn't know how it works. Most of what I do is interviewing scientists who know things nobody else does, then writing it in terms the general public can understand.
Anonymous
09/13/2024 08:41
Subject: Major in Biology — then what
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I became a ghostwriter for biotech, green tech, and med tech companies. I get paid $1000-$2000 for articles that take me 3-4 hours to write.
How do you find leads?
Doesn't matter. This is the first job chat GPT eliminated.
Anonymous
09/13/2024 08:38
Subject: Major in Biology — then what
I went to law a school
Anonymous
09/13/2024 08:31
Subject: Major in Biology — then what
Nothing?
Anonymous
09/12/2024 20:17
Subject: Major in Biology — then what
Anonymous wrote:I became a ghostwriter for biotech, green tech, and med tech companies. I get paid $1000-$2000 for articles that take me 3-4 hours to write.
How do you find leads?
Anonymous
09/12/2024 20:09
Subject: Major in Biology — then what
I became a ghostwriter for biotech, green tech, and med tech companies. I get paid $1000-$2000 for articles that take me 3-4 hours to write.
Anonymous
09/12/2024 20:05
Subject: Major in Biology — then what
DD wants to major in biology, maybe get PhD.
Zero interest in medicine.
Other than working at volatile pharma or going into academia what other career paths exist?
Zero interest in medicine.
Other than working at volatile pharma or going into academia what other career paths exist?