Technically i’m still a student, as i’m currently doing a PhD, but i never thought i’d EVER want to do a PhD when i was younger, so no! I always thought i’d be working with animals to be honest! I just own them instead haha!
No way, I don’t think when I was at high school I was even really aware of this as a job! I’m so pleased I have ended up in this role though because I really love it.
I always wanted to do something which makes difference in society. I also wanted to travel all over the world. Being a scientist made my dream come true. Where there is a will there is a way.
I guess when I was at school, I thought that I might end up as an analytical chemist working for some big company. However, I worked for BP in Grangemouth as a student doing that and didn’t like it. Not because the pay was poor (it wasn’t as I was on shifts) but because I realised I preferred to pick my own scientific direction and find out new stuff. That reinforced my intention to do a research degree and see what pathways that would open up in terms of career.
I’m still a PhD student, and when I was a kid I could never have imagined wanting to spend this long studying. I always thought I would maybe go to university and then get a job afterwards. But as time went on I decided that doing a PhD was the right thing for me to do more science, and I love it!
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