Thoughts of a Biotech Graduate

Biotechnology is a very new field that Malaysia is going to develop under the Malaysian Biotechnology Policy 2005 as one of the major economic activities in future.During my student days ( which was not very long ago) , we were so uncertain about our future.Some of us wish to become a researchers/scientists after we finished our undergrad studies but then we all knew that such job opportunity is very very limited. I consider myself as the very lucky one because I got the opportunity to work in a lab,although what I`m doing is not really related to my field of study.

Like I mentioned, we were so uncertain about our future,though we love what we studying and enjoying our lab works.However 5 months after my convocation,most of my batch mates have either got a job or further their studies,I realized that we Biotechnology graduate are the lucky one as compare to other field of studies.
I have batch mates who are working in the lab as a scientists,QA personnel,management,sales person..What a diversity of job scope that we can pursue! Which is very interesting as we can go into the the field that we are interested to.

The pay for a Biotech fresh graduate is very very low as compared to the other fields like engineering,business.I believe that if  we are willing to work smart and enjoy what we`re doing ( like me and most of my friends) , we are on the way to the road of succeed! I can imagine if I chose to go into a specialist course 3 years ago, there`re ready job opportunities with much more better pay as compare to my current salary and my life will me more secure with good title as well. But I might have missed so much to what I am experiencing now.

I`m currently not only enjoying my job but also enjoy to talk with people from different field and listen their stories. Since I have friends who are working in different field I can have a clearer understanding about what`s going on in the society and this have open my mind,further train myself to have point of view from different sides =)

I used to think that my uni`s course is not good enough, for example we were not well trained in presentation skills,lab equipment not enough,course content not enough,being looked down by the big four faculty students...I finally realize I thoughts,all were WRONG after I left the university.It`s a FACT that AIMST management is lousy and like s*it, but then our faculty,Faculty of Applied Science is BRILLIANT! Our beloved dean Prof. Ravi and the lecturers love us like their children.We actually been well trained in presentation skills, strong faundementals  both in theory and practicals which made us better than some of the public universities graduates. This is point the Faculty of Applied Science should receive the compliments as we all found that we are not bad as compare to some other uni.

As a conclusion,I think that Biotechnology is a rapidly growing industry in Malaysia. There are more and more job opportunities coming out there.Our advantage is,we learnt a very wide scope of knowledge during our university time so this had widen the field that we can pursue in.We can "jump" into the other field when  certain field is saturated. That`s why I feel that we the Biotech graduate are very lucky. The only thing that I`m regret is I never pump enough confident in myself when I face despise from some conceited don`t know if they can graduated doctors.I should not hate them but to let them feel shamed on their ignorance.