Step 2: Protect the parts only you can do.
Defend
Once decomposition has handed AI the chores, what remains is the methodological judgment AI cannot yet replicate — knowing when an analysis plan is statistically optimistic, when a regulatory submission has a subtle methodological flaw, when a trial design is underpowered for the actual question. Defend track covers academic-to-industry transitions, demonstrating ROI to non-PhD managers, managing visa status risk, and building the operational resilience to survive a volatile bio/pharma job market.
Guides
All guides →The H-1B PhD's risk arsenal: layoff-proofing inside your 60-day grace period
A layoff on H-1B status gives you 60 days. Here is a structured risk management framework for the first two weeks — and the open-source tools that reduce friction at every step.
Read →MS in bioinformatics / DS → industry: the AI-augmented job-search workflow
A 90-day plan for MS graduates pivoting from research-adjacent roles into industry data science, ML engineering, or applied bioinformatics. Concrete tools, concrete sequence, no motivational filler.
Read →Skills
All skills →obra/superpowers
/test-driven-development
Use when implementing any feature or bugfix, before writing implementation code
obra/superpowers
/systematic-debugging
Use when encountering any bug, test failure, or unexpected behavior, before proposing fixes
obra/superpowers
/requesting-code-review
Use when completing tasks, implementing major features, or before merging to verify work meets requirements
obra/superpowers
/receiving-code-review
Use when receiving code review feedback, before implementing suggestions, especially if feedback seems unclear or technically questionable - requires technical rigor and verification, not performative agreement or blind implementation
skillcreatorai/Ai-Agent-Skills
/code-review
Automated code review for pull requests using specialized review patterns. Analyzes code for quality, security, performance, and best practices. Use when reviewing code changes, PRs, or doing code audits.
sickn33/antigravity-awesome-skills
/code-review-checklist
Comprehensive checklist for conducting thorough code reviews covering functionality, security, performance, and maintainability
Tools
All tools →activitywatch
The best free and open-source automated time tracker. Cross-platform, extensible, privacy-focused.
Reactive Resume
Open-source, ATS-optimized resume builder with real-time preview. No accounts required, no data sent to third-party servers. Exports clean PDF and JSON.
open-resume
OpenResume is a powerful open-source resume builder and resume parser. https://open-resume.com/
resume-cli
CLI tool to easily setup a new resume 📑