• Question: If you could go back in time, would you do anything differently in your career?

    Asked by 285bsmf33 to Thomas, Ellen, Elliot, Hazel, Rupesh on 13 Jun 2016. This question was also asked by 972bsmf33, Fred Hill, 372bsmf24.
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      Elliot Jokl answered on 13 Jun 2016:

      I’m not sure whether I would change my mind, because I quite enjoy the project I am doing now, but.. when I accepted my PhD here in York, a few days later I got an offer from Edinburgh. I would have gotten nearly £10,000 more a year, but the project wasn’t quite what I was interested in, and I had already said yes to York so I didn’t change my mind.

      But sometimes, I admit, I think about what I could have done with that extra money!

    • Photo: Ellen Gill

      Ellen Gill answered on 14 Jun 2016:

      I joined what was actually a engineering graduate scheme straight out of uni, and while I enjoyed it, I think I would skip over to my current role a little faster if I did it again.

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      Hazel Garvie-Cook answered on 16 Jun 2016:

      Nope I wouldn’t change anything. Sometimes I thought I might have chosen the wrong degree when I found Physics really difficult and thought other people were much better at it than me! But after working hard and enjoying my work, I got the grades that I wanted. With a physics degree, you can do so many different kinds of jobs, so it’s quite a flexible degree to have. People also see it as a difficult degree, so if you do well in it, you really stand out.
      I’ve always enjoyed what I’ve done, so am grateful for that.

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      Thomas Biggans answered on 16 Jun 2016:

      No I don’t think I would change anything big, I think studying physics was a good choice and I really like my job in medical physics.

      I might change a few small things here and there like continuing to study Spanish but overall I’m pretty happy with how my career is going.

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