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Webinar Question #2: Does location matter? What are major biotech/industry hubs in the US?

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Dave Jensen
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Question #2 from our "Working in Industry" Webinar:

"Does location matter? Where are the major biotech/industry hubs in the U.S.?"

Thanks for helping the webinar audience with your reply,

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Dave Jensen
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Does location matter? Well, because the major hubs all have a rather significant built-in labor pool, I'd say "Yes." However, you can always get to one of those locations after your education. While it's great to come from IA State if you want a job in Ag Biotech, you can always move to Iowa or Missouri later, and do your education anywhere. The same holds true for "red" biotech, on the healthcare side. You can do your education in any location, but you'll be competing with the local labor pool in Boston, San Diego, San Francisco, and so on, so you'll need to get to one of those locations for a broader range of job prospects. To do your education in a center-USA location and expect you'll have easy access to jobs in SFO without moving there . . . that's just wrong thinking. Companies will sometimes pay for relocations for entry-level people, but you'll have to be in a demand niche and be a great networker.

I hope others can add to the list of regions above, for the list of worldwide biotech cluster regions is really significant. Let's expand the list beyond the USA limit of the question.

Dave

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