We discuss our experiences with unofficial industry sabbaticals, aka taking time between jobs for our own projects.
Topics:
* Funemployment versus sabbatical
* Robert's 2021 sabbatical building sandbox.bio learning platform and 42basepairs genomics cloud platform
* Maria's 2017 OMGenomics entrepreneurship experience, building Circa visualization software and a YouTube channel
* Sabbatical projects helping you get the next job
* Satisfaction and meaning from personal projects
Links:
* Ask us a question!: omgenomics.com/podcast
* 42basepairs.com (Robert's genomics cloud platform)
* sandbox.bio (Robert's bioinformatics learning platform)
* omgenomics.com/circa (Maria's visualization tool)
* youtube.com/omgenomics (Maria's YouTube channel)
* OMGenomics Q&A episode featuring Robert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SfDHheyKBU&ab_channel=OMGenomics
Where to find us online:
https://omgenomics.com