• Question: hows life as a scientist

    Asked by HARAMBE to anuantony, Duncan, Jayne, Katherine, Sajid on 6 Nov 2017. This question was also asked by Todd.
    • Photo: Duncan McNicholl

      Duncan McNicholl answered on 6 Nov 2017:

      People are always a bit surprised when they meet you for the first time and ask what you do. You spend a lot of time doing things that don’t feel that interesting while you’re doing them, but then you stop for a second and realise that they’re actually fantastically interesting. Sometimes you get to feel very clever. Often you get to feel like a big idiot for not spotting what was wrong. You drink a lot of tea.

      OK, that last one might just be me.

    • Photo: Katherine Byrne

      Katherine Byrne answered on 7 Nov 2017:

      I enjoy it. I think it’s interesting to understand how things work and how they could be made better. I’m also a bit shy so I like that I can help the people who face the public, but I don’t have to take that responsibility myself!

    • Photo: Sajid Javed

      Sajid Javed answered on 7 Nov 2017:

      Life is good. there are some days when experiments don’t work but with the right motivation you get over it. I try and have a good work life balance so when i’m not working I’m doing something that i enjoy just as much.

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