How teens are getting into biotech without a college degree

No college degree? Massachusetts biotech companies increasingly are dropping “B.A. required” for entry level jobs and creating a pathway for young people to acquire in-demand skills without earning a college degree. Here's how two Boston-area high school graduates moved from service industry jobs into life sciences labs without going to college or taking on college debt.

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Timestamps:
00:00 How to go from high school to a career in biotech
00:10 Why Ella decided not to go to college
00:36 Ella's parents talk college debt
00:50 Where Ella is learning to be a lab tech
01:00 Why Massachusetts needs a life science workforce
01:16 Do you need an advanced degree to get work in a lab?
01:46 Why Brady Barry decided not to go to college
02:14 What work experience did Ella and Brady have?
02:38 Why you shouldn't need the college degree
3:08 Skills not degrees
3:57 Paid internships after training
4:34 How the thinking has changed about who's qualified to be in a lab

This video is about two Boston-area high school graduates who moved from service industry jobs into biotech careers without going to college.

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