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		swayvil on July 31, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Botanists are disappearing – just when the world n... My mom got her degree in botany. Couldn't find a job. Switched to software design.

pessimizer on July 31, 2022 | [–]

My ex went from botany to library science (to become a research librarian for botanists/agriculture) to bioinformatics. So it's possible to go in a similar direction while still leveraging the botany degree, at least.

woweoe on July 31, 2022 | | [–]

Was that recently or many years ago?

agumonkey on July 31, 2022 | [–]

It's ripe for having a bio-bota-computing fad.

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