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I've started deep diving into genetic engineering at university but I've realized just how narrow of a field it is. That if I had to move cities or had a gap between GMO jobs, I'd be just as unemployable as someone who had just turned 18. Even for tangentially related biochem professions like hygiene inspection I'm missing the requisite papers. I wanted to ask if this is something you think is worth being concerned about. Would it make sense to get qualified as eg. an electrician so that I have a way to cover the financial gaps wherever I end up, and don't have to resort to bar work?

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[–] forty2@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Just my own opinion, developed through my own lived experiences. I, consciously, chose to not specialize too deep into one field and instead developed a more broad set of skills. The recent research is starting to validate my decisions back then. As it turns out, college grads with multiple minors, rather than graduates with a traditional major trajectory, tend to be better suited to the work environments.

Where knowledge of a range of disciplines helps inform a more holistic approach to creative problem solving. "Wicked problems" are often tackled and solved by systems thinking generalists because they draw on a wide range of experiences across multiple disciplines, departments, and sets of knowledge.

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