• Question: How long have you been a scientist for?

    Asked by 377putk28 to James, Jake, Pete, Senga, Simonne on 6 Nov 2017. This question was also asked by Bob123, 926putk33, 498putk44, 474putk38.
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      Pete Gwynne answered on 6 Nov 2017:

      i did a-levels, spent seven years at university, and i’ve been working for a few years since, so i’ve been doing science full-time about 12 years now. i think you’re a scientist as soon as you start asking questions and trying to find things out though. i’ve always done that so maybe i’ve been a scientist all my life?

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      Jake Langham answered on 8 Nov 2017:

      I’ve been ‘getting paid’ to do science researching for 5 years, though for the first 4 years I was a student doing my PhD which is a bit like training to be a scientist.

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      Senga Robertson answered on 9 Nov 2017:

      Hi

      great question!

      Although, it looks like not all of the scientists are going to agree on each others answers…but that’s ok. Having a different opinion can actually be really good because it starts conversations and new ideas can come out of that.

      Anyway, I think anyone with curiosity about how things work, how they can be improved or how to create something new is a scientist so I think I’ve been a scientist for pretty much my whole life.
      I suppose technically (as far as the jobs you might apply to have) I became a scientist after I finished my science degree at university.
      Many people move on from university after finishing their science degree directly in to a scientist job either for a company or in a lab….well, actually in loads of places…they are definitely scientists.
      I finished my university degree 2 years ago and then started my PhD (which will be finished in 2 years time) so I’ve been a scientist pretty much my whole life but I made it official 2 years ago (actually 2 years, 1 month and 9 days ago lol).

      Senga 🙂

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