Replies to post #113685 on Biotech Values

[XenaLives]

Also slightly OT:

My niece got a bachelor's in biology because of much urging by me and many lectures on the grand future of biotech.

When she graduated she applied at the new luxury hotel to be a receptionist at the spa. She was afraid she would get bored in a lab all day. I went a little nuts on her.

She applied at OSI and got a job in the clinicals department, entry level at more than her dad was making after 20 years in engineering.

So perhaps those poor baristas needed a meddling auntie to make sure they didn't settle for less, and perhaps American kids have priority issues.

After all, it might be more fun working in a spa or as a barista......

[OakesCS]

OT

I think it would be a fascinating statistic to find the number of people in the service industry at the lowest levels have a bachelors - I'd bet in the US it is a high number. And it seems a substantial waste of resources

it would likewise be fascinating to know the percentage of people w/o college degrees and non-technical degrees working in scientific research labs (lab 'techs') in the US vs other industrialized countries. I know several cases in the US so it does happen; can't say my observations are supportive of non-technical personnel in such positions.