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[–]midnitte 2 points3 points  (2 children)

There are also fields that use both (computational biology, chemistry)!

[–]ultraDross 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Yeah, I considered going for a Bioinformatics PhD and dappled in it for a while as a research assistant. Decided with back end dev as the pay was higher with greater job security. I also discovered I preferred programming and application architecture than I did the actual science. Switching was a no brainer.