Is it hopeless? Not yet.

I see a lot of recent doomerism on this sub and for the most part I understand.

Health IT, health informatics, bioinformatics is in the biggest lull in recent history.

But even with that I want people to know there is hope.

Background: I was a PhD bioinformatics student (from a midwestern state school) who decided to master out.

After having my internship rescinded, going the summer without an internship/job for the first time in a very long time I was in the same headspace.

But after months of expanding my network, researching for niche and unique opportunities I managed to go from no good offers in 6+ months to 3 offers (data engineering, process engineering, and research) of 75k+ (plus benefits) in a month.

Don’t give up, continue upskilling and expanding your network.