[jinushaun]

You're right about bioinformatics/biostatistics. That's my advice to anyone that wants to major in biology and actually get a decent job out of it. You can always fall back on being a code monkey if biology doesn't pan out...

[cpher]

In my case, I have an BA in Biology and MS in Env. Science/Biology and that led me into software for that discipline (GIS). So, for the past 10+ years I've been a software developer but with specialized environmental knowledge.

[robg]

Who wants to be a code monkey?

[apl]

A postdoc without job prospects, for instance. If there's one thing less desirable than churning out Java for an insurance company, then it's being a lab monkey with no realistic chance of getting a tenure track position.

So, yes, quite a few people want to be code monkeys.

[yummyfajitas]

Most biostats people I know wind up doing considerably better than code monkey.