Use it as motivation to prove him wrong and show him that you have a good scientific background and were trained well.
There are two routes you can follow: You can hire someone with a good sales background and teach them about the science (or product); or you can hire someone with a good scientific background and teach them about sales.
A good scientific background is essential, for example, for understanding the issues related to certain contaminants, why they could be injurious to health, and the extent to which they can degrade in the ground to form potentially toxic contaminants.
I discovered that the skills required to succeed in patent law include a sound scientific background, an analytical mind, language ability (preferably with formal qualifications in French and/or German), good communications skills, excellent written and spoken English, and commitment.
The example of a hypothetical ingredient list in the 'Examples of ingredient lists from the EU and the USA' section illustrates that consumers not only need to understand technical jargon, but they also need to have a scientific background (and good internet access) to know what these chemicals are and what role they play in the product.
"I run into people all the time with a science or engineering Ph.D. who are in marketing, planning, commercial analysis, project management, patent law there are always opportunities for people with good scientific fundamentals and a technical background, at Genentech and similar companies".
They generate great data, and the scientific background is very good.
Barroso's broad knowledge of chemistry and immunology were directly relevant to the field of antidoping, and his scientific background included "a good combination of basic science and applied science and management of science," Rabin says.
It is good to see that by having a scientific background, I am considered as a real partner in the scientific world.
Vieira's background in physical geography was good scientific preparation for polar research, Ramos says: "Gonçalo is a very enthusiastic young researcher, and he... integrat[ed] very well [with] our scientific group".
To find a topic that interests them, you may need to talk about something other than your own research, Metzler said, and your scientific background puts you in a good position to talk about other scientific topics.
