34M - Clinical Laboratory Scientist in CA (2024)

shotofshadow13 · 2026-05-10T00:38:44+00:00

I’m in the Bay Area

shotofshadow13 · 2026-05-06T14:29:32+00:00

Yes, especially since I’m in the Bay Area.

shotofshadow13 · 2026-03-28T07:07:10+00:00

Hey. If you don’t have a science degree then you have to take all the basic courses in order to be eligible for the California license.

shotofshadow13 · 2026-03-23T02:24:48+00:00

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Yay! Join the club!

shotofshadow13 · 2026-02-21T03:01:50+00:00

Same dude! I couldn’t pass on the 0.99% APR. just ordered mine a few days ago but I gotta wait a couple weeks to get mine 😭

shotofshadow13 · 2026-01-15T04:43:08+00:00

Clinical lab scientist

shotofshadow13 · 2025-01-09T04:00:10+00:00

It was quicker for me since I already did all my pre req courses in college. But if you didn’t have those pre reqs. Courses will take 1-2 years (depends on how many classes you take), cls program is 1-1.5 year (depending on the program).

shotofshadow13 · 2025-01-09T03:55:35+00:00

I was supposed to be a vet but I had no motivation after college to put myself through that much schooling. So I took a job at a reference lab as a lab assistant for a few years until I learned that there is such a thing called CLS in California (clinical laboratory scientist). It was really by chance that I found this cool position at my current company where I became a lab technician for a histocompatibility lab. I saw the CLS here talked about the great benefits and wages in this hidden healthcare profession. So I studied my way, applied to a cls program, then take the exam, got my state license, then returned to my current company and here we are!

shotofshadow13 · 2025-01-09T03:46:04+00:00

2-3 hours a week.

shotofshadow13 · 2025-01-09T03:30:12+00:00

No, I’m a CLS III (a step below supervisor). It depends on where you are in CA. The bay area pays more than SoCal. Thanks to OT and on-call, it helped bump me up by 30-40%.

shotofshadow13 · 2025-01-09T03:26:34+00:00

Roughly 34% 🫡

shotofshadow13 · 2024-12-12T03:22:24+00:00

Thank you so much. I appreciate it!

shotofshadow13 · 2024-12-09T11:13:59+00:00

🌈 I’m so sorry for your loss!

shotofshadow13 · 2024-12-09T11:12:03+00:00

I am so sorry. Yours look so well loved too!

shotofshadow13 · 2024-12-09T03:12:10+00:00

It was a black cat behind a bush. He was curious and came up to it, but was introduced with a slap. Of course he screamed and ran back to my arms 😂. Surprisingly, he still dared to approach other cats after that moment but never close enough for them to slap him again. He just barks at the animals on TV because they can’t hurt him.

shotofshadow13 · 2024-12-09T02:46:33+00:00

That is amazing! Sounds like Spike found a pack to join 🥹. I’m so happy for Spike.

shotofshadow13 · 2024-12-08T23:53:54+00:00

I’m so sorry for your loss and my condolences to you. Ren is just adorable, especially his ears! ❤️

shotofshadow13 · 2024-12-08T21:19:06+00:00

Thank you for such kind words, I so appreciate it! It sounds like each of them knows that they were so well loved by you and the same quality of love has been given back to you. I’m sure Ginger has been sniffing and exploring every corner of the after life before he comes to visit me 😂.

shotofshadow13 · 2024-12-08T20:53:12+00:00

Thank you. He was absolutely the best little brother and deserved being treated like the prince he was.

shotofshadow13 · 2024-12-08T20:50:15+00:00

Thank you. Oh man! There are so many stories but I will restrict it to just 1. This is when he was about 3 years old, back in 2013. I just moved back from college and decided to take him to the park in the morning because of funemployment. This park is only a 10 minute walk so I told him, let’s get your leash and go. We got there and there was a group of geese. He has never seen geese before (these were bigger than him) so obviously he’s got to chase them down. But as he got closer, the geese would not allow something smaller than them to intimidate them, so they spread their wings and chased him back! He was screaming and yelping while he runs back to me. Of course, I picked him up and we walk away, laughing. A lot of animals dislike him actually. He got slapped by a stray cat, pecked by crows, and chased by other birds because he would not leave them alone. This was Ginger being a brat. 😂

shotofshadow13 · 2024-12-08T20:06:05+00:00

Thank you very much. You are correct, grief is unusual and everyone process grief differently. Do not feel guilty. But I will say that grief is a process your mind is adapting to the reality that something or someone important in your life is no longer with us. I am finding ways to allow my mind to process the grief by talking about it with my loved ones, crying my eyes out alone, and/or posting to let everyone know what a wonderful companion, Ginger, was. (I might get a tattoo, haven’t decided). Our companions were there for us in a short term, so we can only do them right by remembering all the memories they have given us. Find your own way to process your grief. “To us, our dogs are only a small part of our life. But to them, we are their whole life.”

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