<p>Hi everyone!
I just happened to read a comment by a MIT blogger saying that he enjoys the qualitative aspects of civil engineering more than the hands-on aspects, which resonates with me a lot. Except that I am into chemical biology, where work in non-laboratory settings is hard to come by. Yet according to a formal psychometric assessment test I went through, my greatest strength lies in visual reasoning, where I scored an 'excellent' in, which according to the result analysis, suits my long-time academic interests in chemistry and biology just fine. What that test was unable to assess though was my practical skills, where I have zero confidence in. In fact, the laboratory environment has always felt unsettling to me, so my previous 2-3 years spent in lab research was rather traumatic. Right now, I am in an area of work completely unrelated to science, but I miss chemical biology and the intellectually fulfilling academic discourse in college tremendously (it had been my dream to go on to graduate school).</p>
<p>I have thought of pursuing a career in scientific/medical communications, but as a non-native English speaker, I feel that I am not up to par in my English writing skills. The thought of switching to a career in business or finance has also occurred to me, but I have absolutely no emotional affinity for these fields financially lucrative as they may be. </p>
<p>Could any kind folks out there help me with this problem? Graduates facing the same kind of dilemma can also hijack this thread so that we share our frustrations and work together for a solution. :P</p>