Although I agree that sale reps have to take the time to build trust in order to maintain a healthy relationship I think it’s it important to define what doing extra is. Providing gifts in particular may be difficult when…   Read more»

@cem34 Do you think smaller companies would be able to afford the licensing from these major companies that want a large profit? You made an important though that companies are doing their job from a business standpoint but I wonder…   Read more»

This is a great topic and I’m sort of embarrassed to say I really don’t do research on the companies I apply to, I focus more on my role at the company and if I am capable of the tasks…   Read more»

The issues that I have seen throughout the quality department working in the industry is the inconsistency of ensuring proper protocols are followed. If researchers were not being QA’d certain protocols were not executed as properly and a lot of…   Read more»

Quality Assurance (QA) is assuring that specific procedures and protocols are being conducted properly to avoid any possible errors that may ruin the production of a device or a results of a specific study. Quality Control (QC) are procedures that…   Read more»

I believe the strictness of the FDA depends on the food, device, or drug that is under review in that moment. Although the FDA is often strict when a new drug is created or a previous drug is being study…   Read more»

As someone who is interested in the scientific field, I always feel like a hypocrite when I say that I don’t think the FDA does an efficient job of regulating products, especially medicine. To answer your question I don’t think…   Read more»

Although I wish there were ways to test medicines, devices, and etc without the use of animals, I do not find it unethical. In order to ensure these substances/devices are safe to the public there has to be some sort…   Read more»

This post has great points and I appreciate the statistics, I knew animals were consumed more than they’re tested on but not to that great extent. I believe animal research can often be seen as negative based on one’s perception….   Read more»

I believe that determining whether a project is feasible or not should occur in the initiating/planning phase where discussion of budgets, tasks, and team members are discussed as you previously mentioned. Also as stated above the project manager should be…   Read more»

Although I believe everyone on a project has to play their role to ensure a positive outcome, when deciding on which is most important im stuck between the stakeholders and the team members. Without stakeholders there is no funding, and…   Read more»

I believe virtual communications have improved since covid-19 therefore providing benefits to project life cycles. As mentioned before there were already means of communicating virtually but not to the extent that we have now post covid. Although this is great…   Read more»

  My ideal career would be designing, building, and working with prostheses. With this I feel like the industry would be best for me. Although discovering way to enhance these devices could be a form of research in academia, I…   Read more»

I 100% agree that grades don’t define a person’s ability to work in the industry. Although I wish I could rate it a 1 I think I will go with a solid 6. Although grades do not matter I think…   Read more»

Based off personal experience I have mixed feelings on which level of education is best. I do believe that as more people receive their undergraduate degree a BS tends to lose its value. This is why I was determined to…   Read more»