If you’re ready for a seriously deep exploration of life sciences and healthcare careers, Sciencegramers is for you
This book lays out a broader, higher-resolution picture of where STEM skills can take you. Sciencegramers by Ángela Quintana Vega is like Careers with STEM on overdrive, so be ready to get serious and immerse yourself in the depth and breadth of life science and healthcare professions on offer.
What is Sciencegramers?
Sciencegramers introduces more than 100 science and health-related career options, grouped into five broad areas:
- Basic research, manufacturing, education/dissemination
- Clinical research
- Business, commercial, innovation
- Healthcare delivery
- Plants, environment, animals
You can tell from the areas listed that Sciencegramers takes careers seriously. But each role is explained in short, making it easy to dip in and explore. Our suggestion? Don’t feel pressured to read every page, just the bits that speak to you. Curiosity and exploration is the point.
Life science and healthcare at work
A strength of Sciencegramers is how deeply immersed you feel in the world of life sciences and healthcare. The careers described show science as problem-solving, communication, planning, regulation, data analysis and collaboration. It moves these careers from the abstract to the real world.
More tips? Check out Part II
While there’s a deep dive into a whole bunch of careers at the start of the book, we recommend flipping to “Part II: Tools for Students”. There are practical tips like “be open to several jobs” and “know your talents and weaknesses”. It’s a great lens through which to consider your future.
It’s worth noting that this book is a translated, adapted and expanded version of the original Spanish edition Cienciagramers, and the translation was done with the help of AI. The text was then revised further by the author, but some of the language can still seem really quite formal. But stick with it, and there are glints of gold, like those Part II tips!
