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From Biology to Banking: A Career Shift

This chapter chronicles the speaker's shift from a career in academia as a biologist to a role in finance, driven by unexpected layoffs during the pandemic. It highlights the transferable skills such as data analysis and communication that facilitated their transition, along with the challenges of learning new computational techniques. Additionally, the chapter discusses the creation of a resource aimed at improving coding skills for biologists, addressing the imposter syndrome many face in this learning process.

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