Statisticians on OPT work permit are lucky because they can apply their statistics in almost any field, but bioinformatics jobs must at least have some biology and some computing component because its about discovering computational solutions for biological problems, except - maybe - for text-mining. But what about machine learning? If it can be used to find the optimal solution for complex problems in any area of specialization, then it can - like statistics - be applied to anything. Consequently, foreign machine learners - like statisticians - should be allowed to accept a wide range of jobs while on OPT because they can apply what they have learnt in school to almost any field of study. So should I try to increase my job options by claiming to be a machine learner, who applies machine learning to maximize Primerica's profits, because that was the only company that offered me a job at the UALR job fair? But unfortunately, I already declined their job offer because I could not think of a way to argue that optimizing profits earned from selling life insurances policies is related to bioinformatics by any stretch of imagination.
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