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Biotech/biomed uses a tremendous amount of computing, from
the software that sequences DNA to the databases that manage
bioinformatics. The vast majority of MEs, EEs and SW
developers working on new instrumentation can't make any
sense at all of the information they're working to collect
and process, but they're SMEs in the mechanisms, circuits
and SW processes that make up *their* little corner of the
field.
Gene Kim-Eng
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Tue, 9 Sep 2003 12:05:29 -0400 France Baril?wrote:
Personally, as I am a SME in computing, I would not like to write about biomed as I love what I do because I can bring insights to projects, not just research and write. If tomorrow I found myself in a position where I could not write about software or hardware projects, I would rather move into the analyst's, trainer's or developer's chair than into a biomed tech writer's chair. But then again, my strength is in WHAT I KNOW more than HOW I WRITE... I do not even get to write in my first language.
