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Biosecurity Engineering Job Market Appears Saturated, Student Questions Future Funding

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An engineering undergraduate is questioning the saturation of the technical biosecurity field, citing scarce entry-level roles and high applicant-to-position ratios on platforms like LinkedIn. Despite biosecurity being a significant cause area within the Effective Altruism community, with expectations of future funding increases, the current job market appears limited. The student seeks to understand if these observations are accurate and what the best contribution methods are, given the perceived lack of opportunities and the realism of future funding growth. AI

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Biosecurity Engineering Job Market Appears Saturated, Student Questions Future Funding

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  1. LessWrong (AI tag) TIER_1 English(EN) · Master Chief ·

    Is biosecurity oversaturated?

    <p><span>Note: I am referring only to technical biosecurity in this post, i.e. engineering, not policy roles.</span></p><p><span>I’m an engineering undergrad thinking about contributing to the engineering side of biosecurity as a career —things like developing better disease sens…

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