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pv223 replied to the topic Thoughts on BME degree, "a little of everything" in the forum Introduction to Medical Device Development 6 years, 7 months ago
The thing with being a BME where we’re a jack of all trades but a master of none is that there is always going to be someone better in every area than us, simply because the major they went with was more focused in that area. While it’s nice being versatile and having some sort of prior experience on whatever it is we end up doing, there is a significant chance that what we know isn’t enough and will be a detriment to us and the company that hires us until we do obtain the knowledge we need to succeed. An example of this would be Dr. Simon with his first job after graduating with his PhD, where he did not know the knowledge he needed to lead the project he was given and instead had to spend weeks reading through a huge binder to obtain the knowledge he needed in order to be more successful. If BME helped us become more masterful in our chosen track by having us start on the track earlier I believe that would have more successful results. What are your thoughts?