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"I fell into a career that I love that allows me to utilize all the skills I gained in my Ph.D. studies and also allows me to help a segment of the population that are very much underappreciated--teachers--and the people they exist to help--their students."
"Blueprint employs administrative staff that also have degrees in science, biologists that have taken computer programming courses, and computer programmers that understand biology."
"Be aware of where your day goes, implement whatever strategies you can think of to save time, and do not get so caught up in the day-to-day that you lose site of your objectives."
Being involved in organising such a fair is an exciting and rewarding experience where you learn things that are not taught in class, but that are really appreciated by companies.
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