Sometimes, A Job Is Just A Job

Not everyone has a career rooted in passion.

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Recently I was chatting with a dear friend who is almost done with her Ph.D. in biology. When she began this journey, she had dreams of discovering new cures for diseases, visions of easing parents’ worries when they found out that their child had a genetic abnormality. She had pictured running her own lab and making her corner of the…