Industry Career Series: How to become Field Application Scientists. FAS acts as the interface between sophisticated scientific tools and bench scientists. Skilled in technologies and still want to move away from the bench? FAS could be the right job for you. FAS travels the world demonstrating new technology for labs, providing customer support and troubleshooting equipment problems. This job combines working on scientific problems with teaching and customer service. Many PhDs use this career as a stepping stone to product management, sales, and marketing careers in science.

Here is my take on how to become an FAS. 

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