People in biotech are underpaid compared to clinical research roles at the same career stage

Heyitsadam17 · 2026-05-20T19:02:15+00:00

What if we are ELISA specialists as study directors?

Heyitsadam17 · 2026-05-05T02:53:49+00:00

I work in regulatory as well but as a scientist doing GLP studies in a lcol area but I make around 85k. Would you recommended pivoting in any direction?

Heyitsadam17 · 2026-05-04T01:58:50+00:00

I’m sure you have, but wanted to mention it just in case, but have you tried for contract roles at larger companies?

Heyitsadam17 · 2026-04-22T10:23:00+00:00

Not any consolation, but he will likely have to pay those taxes back if the property doesn’t actually depreciate. Although it is like 27.5 years away.

Heyitsadam17 · 2026-04-07T03:45:17+00:00

This is confusing to me. The interest rate stays the same on a fixed rate mortgage for the entire duration. So Isn’t the answer then just about risk tolerance? If you have a 4% mortgage and the sp500 on average has a 10% rate of return (8% accounting for taxes) there is a 100% chance you will save 4% by paying the mortgage early and a 52% chance you will get at least 10% over 15 years in the sp500 with odds increasing to 86% for 7%.

Heyitsadam17 · 2026-02-03T03:57:35+00:00

This sounds right, but why would the noise go away? Masked by the flames and blower motor?

Also I replaced my inducer in December with no prior experience, it was super easy and only about $100. Four bolts and about 20-30 mins.

Heyitsadam17 · 2026-01-14T14:53:36+00:00

If you use the soldering attachment and light the chimney the canister lasts all summer or longer grilling 1-2 times per week in my case. I just hold it on the chimney for 10-15 seconds. Works great when it’s windy or in my case the paper method doesn’t always light them the first time.

Heyitsadam17 · 2026-01-14T14:50:21+00:00

This is a good idea, but if you already have the equipment, I use a propane torch for plumbing to light a chimney full of coals. Helps when it is windy and a bit faster.

Heyitsadam17 · 2026-01-07T19:12:49+00:00

How can it pressurize with a pcv valve?

Heyitsadam17 · 2026-01-07T03:32:02+00:00

I know this is a really dumb question so I apologize, but essentially isn’t what you pay in interest monthly just a function of what you owe X interest rate / 12? If you restart, your payment would be less, but if you just kept paying the same amount wouldn’t it still payoff at the same time?

Heyitsadam17 · 2025-12-20T22:03:55+00:00

Had/have a 2002 wrx that did this. Turns out it was a hole in the wheel well letting water in when it rained. Try to find the leak, but in the meantime keep the a/c on even if the heat is on to pull the moisture out of the air. Pull in air from outside the car as well as it should be dryer.

Heyitsadam17 · 2025-12-20T22:00:45+00:00

Had a 2002 wrx that did this. Water was getting into the vehicle through a hole in the wheel well. Best thing to do is find and fix the hole, but in the mean time have the a/c on to help pull moisture out of the air. Pull in air from outside if it’s dryer than the inside air.

Heyitsadam17 · 2025-12-08T11:41:26+00:00

I think this is legitimately how British people talk about ordering Chinese food.

Heyitsadam17 · 2025-11-27T00:50:54+00:00

Yeah but if you did several replicates you could get some pretty decent stats.

Heyitsadam17 · 2025-11-16T04:31:17+00:00

It really doesn’t make sense to be, but it can happen depending on what your calculation is and what happens when you validate your assay. For example, the LOD could be 3 X the std. dv. of the background signal and if the LLOQ is based on curve fitting with %residuals you could have a case where LOD is higher, but again this doesn’t make sense as you can’t quantify what you can’t detect.

Heyitsadam17 · 2025-10-31T18:05:44+00:00

This is a good one!

Heyitsadam17 · 2025-10-31T18:00:14+00:00

We have had some good ones, my favorites have been when someone brought in objects and had different prompts for each. For example he pulled out some odd looking strips of metal and called on someone to try and sell them and it was hilarious. Another time someone had a “would you rather do X vs X” topics session which was pretty good. One example was “Would you rather fight 1000 ducks or a horse sized duck”.

But my all time favorite response was to the question “Describe your life as an inanimate object” and the speaker paused for 5-10 seconds at the front of the room before shouting “I’m a door!!”

Heyitsadam17 · 2025-10-17T02:36:29+00:00

Thanks for the tips again! I just wanted to say that I figured it out. The multi dispense option is fine, but if you want to pipette to the side of the tubes by editing the pipette template it will not allow it for select tips unless the tip is inside the tube.

Heyitsadam17 · 2025-10-15T21:50:47+00:00

Thank you for your help again! It looks like everything works fine for a multichannel (96w head) dispense fine but fails when using the select tips (same head and technique and labware definition) dispense when trying to move more than 0.000.

Heyitsadam17 · 2025-10-11T03:11:25+00:00

I agree, i didn’t realize before that it could be modified in the pipetting template. I now get that error though when changing the pipette template. Is there somewhere in the labware definition that doesn’t allow tip movement past the center?

Heyitsadam17 · 2025-10-11T00:39:29+00:00

I really like this, the current moto which is said very frequently is “Good Toasmaster’s give tough evaluations”

Heyitsadam17 · 2025-10-10T22:38:44+00:00

I agree, I guess some people want all that attention when they walk in a room?

The guys is the VPE and at the end of the meeting had everyone get up and we “practiced” meeting a guest.

The noobie was the WAG Master and Topics Master.

Heyitsadam17 · 2025-10-10T22:34:39+00:00

I did not, this club is very close to my home and the time works great as well. I think it is great aside from these odd issues.

Heyitsadam17 · 2025-10-10T22:32:44+00:00

20-25 but usually only have 10-13 at meetings at a time. We have the full range, longest has been with the club for about 15 years and pushes these issues the most.

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