Biogang:Projects/Bioinformatics Career Survey 2008 Results
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Please post results derived from the career survey here, with your name and link back to your own blog or website (if you have one). All data posted here has a Creative Commons Attribution, Non-Commercial, Share Alike License.
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Happiness
 Histogram of bioinformatican happiness. Michael Barton |
 Box and whisker plot of bioinformatician happiness factored by career position. Michael Barton |
 Frequency barplot of bioinformatician likes and dislikes. Michael Barton |
Research Areas
 Barplot of frequency of research areas. Michael Barton |
 Dendrogram of bioinformatics research area clustering. Michael Barton |
 Biology/Computer Science background bias in bioinformatics research areas. Michael Barton |
Programming Languages
 Barplot of programming languages appearing in the survey at least 10 times. Michael Barton |
Tools & Applications
 Barplot of applications appearing in the survey at least 10 times. Rebecca J. Holz |
 Barplot of tools appearing in the survey at least 20 times. Rebecca J. Holz |
Salary
Very quick and dirty look at salaries in industry vs. academia:
- Academic Salary Mean/Median: $36,520 / $33,712
- Industry Salary Mean/Median: $66,239 / $64,235
Salary/Years Experience:
- Academic Mean/Median: $10,970 / $8,333
- Industry Mean/Median: $17,410 / $12,000
