I’m one of the people you described in the opening. I’m a CS senior at Yale, graduating in a few weeks. A few months ago I had an eye-opening conversation with a researcher at the Doudna CRISPR lab, and I’ve been pivoting toward biosecurity since. I don’t have a bio background, but I’ve run a CRISPR-Cas9 experiment at Yale to gain hands-on understanding and am interviewing with an org in this space. Before this I spent a year at Palantir and Amazon working on healthcare and energy projects, but I am now looking to pursue roles with better impact.
I don’t think I’m experienced enough for roles at SecureBio, but I’d love your advice on where someone with a CS background and my level of experience could be most useful right now. The SWE world seems to have changed quite a bit since you last wrote about this. Would appreciate a public response, or happy to chat briefly if you prefer. Thanks!
I’m one of the people you described in the opening. I’m a CS senior at Yale, graduating in a few weeks. A few months ago I had an eye-opening conversation with a researcher at the Doudna CRISPR lab, and I’ve been pivoting toward biosecurity since. I don’t have a bio background, but I’ve run a CRISPR-Cas9 experiment at Yale to gain hands-on understanding and am interviewing with an org in this space. Before this I spent a year at Palantir and Amazon working on healthcare and energy projects, but I am now looking to pursue roles with better impact.
I don’t think I’m experienced enough for roles at SecureBio, but I’d love your advice on where someone with a CS background and my level of experience could be most useful right now. The SWE world seems to have changed quite a bit since you last wrote about this. Would appreciate a public response, or happy to chat briefly if you prefer. Thanks!