• Question: Was science a career you really wanted to pursue when you were in school or did you want a different career at first?

    Asked by anon-196308 to Sebastian, Paddy, Lee, Jennifer, Fiona, Eleanor on 5 Mar 2019.
    • Photo: Jennifer Harris

      Jennifer Harris answered on 5 Mar 2019:

      I always wanted to do science. First I wanted to be a Vet then I wanted to be a medical doctor. Whilst I was at undergraduate, I actually didn’t know what job I wanted to do, I just knew I wanted to continue learning about how the human body works. So I did a research Masters and a PhD and during my PhD I realised I wanted to move into Policy.

    • Photo: Lee Steinberg

      Lee Steinberg answered on 5 Mar 2019:

      I was always interested in science, but career wise I didn’t really have much ambition in it. I was encouraged to study science at university, before realising that I could do some research for my PhD. I’m still not sure if I want to stay in science when I finish!

    • Photo: Fiona Scott

      Fiona Scott answered on 5 Mar 2019:

      Science didn’t really become interesting to me until high school. Chemistry specifically because I couldn’t believe we were allowed to play with fire at school! Sadly we do not use Bunsen Burners in modern chemistry labs because of all the flammable chemicals we use that can easily catch fire!

      I wanted to be an author, a spy, a musician – I even went to music school for a year! Then towards the end of high school a family friend got cancer and I decided I wanted to be part of the research effort against cancer. Rather ironically I’m now back to wanting to be a science writer when I’ve had enough of the chemistry lab.

    • Photo: Sebastian Cosgrove

      Sebastian Cosgrove answered on 5 Mar 2019:

      I wanted to be a Rugby League player when I was at school, but I think that was a pipe dream!

      I was always interested in science, maybe not as a career, but it was something I always read about when I was younger. As I got older and studied different areas, I found that chemistry was the most interesting science for me, so I just looked at more and more ways that I could carry on doing it. Luckily there happened to be jobs that were relevant to my interests and I suppose that is how it ended up being my career!

    • Photo: Eleanor Senior

      Eleanor Senior answered on 5 Mar 2019:

      I always liked science but I was more interested in the animal side, I wanted to be either a framer or a vet and my PhD topic now impacts on both groups.

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