<p>Hello there. I am a Junior in High School, and I know what I want to do in life. There are news stories about scientists who use fish genes to make strawberries frost resistant, or to make rats glow, or to make goats produce milk containing spiderweb threads. Now, I realize that no job revolves around just screwing around with genes to make cool internet stories, but I hope this captures the idea of what I want to do. I wish to be a genetic engineer of some kind, but I have no idea what the actual jobs are.
What I need to know is: what jobs involve what I described above, and what degrees help to get these kinds of jobs?
Genetics, obviously, is involved, but are there other degrees that are more specialized towards genetic engineering? I've heard the terms biotechnology, biomedical engineering, biochemistry, and molecular biology a lot while trying to research this- how do these apply?
Thanks for all the help, I owe you one.</p>
<p>It’s better to stay generalized in undergrad so that you can specialize during grad school where you get into actual research.</p>
<p>DO NOT major in molecular biology/biochemistry/biology etc. Major in biomedical engineering or maybe even biotechnology. These are where the jobs are.</p>