http://www.philly.com/mld/philly/news/10860057.htm
The star of this article is Dr. James Wilson, a gene researcher with whom I interviewed at Penn a few months ago. The interview went sort of like this:
Dr. Wilson: "So, this job involves meticulously editing journal articles and grant proposals on complex, groundbreaking gene therapy, mostly written by foreign researchers for whom English is a 3rd or 4th language. You are an English major with a psych and history minor, and have no interest in science."
Me: "Yup, but I'm good at proofreading!"
Needless to say, since I barely know a molecule from a monkey, I didn't get the job, but it was probably for the best. I took Dr. Wilson to be a mad scientist-type after spending a few minutes with him, and that was without even knowing his crazy experiments has killed someone. I probably would have had 13 toes and birthed a man-toad by the time I was finished my gene therapy career.
The star of this article is Dr. James Wilson, a gene researcher with whom I interviewed at Penn a few months ago. The interview went sort of like this:
Dr. Wilson: "So, this job involves meticulously editing journal articles and grant proposals on complex, groundbreaking gene therapy, mostly written by foreign researchers for whom English is a 3rd or 4th language. You are an English major with a psych and history minor, and have no interest in science."
Me: "Yup, but I'm good at proofreading!"
Needless to say, since I barely know a molecule from a monkey, I didn't get the job, but it was probably for the best. I took Dr. Wilson to be a mad scientist-type after spending a few minutes with him, and that was without even knowing his crazy experiments has killed someone. I probably would have had 13 toes and birthed a man-toad by the time I was finished my gene therapy career.
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