[skittles]

I spent a year in a bioinformatics PhD program and got the feeling I was studying to be science's version of the business analyst. Not knowing enough about the biology or computation, but expected to speak the language of both. And what would my research consist of in such an applied science? Luckily I had another opportunity and became a software developer (which I'm happy with). The worst thing about the experience was listening to so many research presentations where I could tell the presenter didn't understand the science and could barely explain it.