@JustOneDad
Was the “cool” comment directed toward me? If so, I was referring to gizmojc’s own use of the word earlier and the notion that it would be “cool” to work as a biological lab tech.
In my experience, biological lab technicians don’t get to do as much as they show a willingness or aptitude for. They get to do the one or few specific things they were hired to do–not more and not less. They cannot apply to jobs higher on the scale because, with these positions, there generally is no “higher”. With most lab tech jobs, there is no vertical latitude.