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Asked by kaffwyn to Amy, Drew, Julia, Kimberley, Sara on 14 Jun 2011. This question was also asked by amcaroe415, elisia7r2, javed7r2, laurenthebest, aamarnii98, dangermousegirl98, bubblez13, littlemisslaughter, jamiebyr, babysportz, lisarose, badmanting, rweir, joshhook, mynameismaria, sophier111, monikaxx, kellyyellow7, jackietang.
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Drew Rae answered on 13 Jun 2011:
No way. When I was in school, I wanted to be a good-guy computer hacker (sometimes they call this a “white-hat” hacker). When I was in university, I had a pretty good idea that I wanted to do a mix of research and “real world” working, and this is what I’ve done.
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Amy MacQueen answered on 13 Jun 2011:
No, I didn’t at all – I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do…sometimes I still wonder if I’m totally sure but I really enjoy science so its where I’m happy to be at the moment!
Some people always have an idea of what they want to be, some people’s ideas change as they get older and some people never really know. I think you should try and do something you enjoy though – the subjects you enjoy most at school and the hobbies you do will help you decide that. Not everyone needs to be a scientist!! some people need to fix leaks and deliver mail and some people need to be around who know how to grow crops for us to eat or design clothes for us to wear…if we didn’t have everybody society wouldn’t work.
What do you think you want to do? don’t get too hung up on it if you don’t know!
🙂
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Kimberley Bryon answered on 13 Jun 2011:
No, I haven’t always known what I wanted to do and I have been very fortunate to end up where I am, doing something that I love.
It is really hard to decide what you want to do when you are younger and I wanted to be a spy, a librarian, a writer, a teacher, a doctor and a scientist at different points in my life. I think the most important thing is to do something that makes you happy and I ended up doing subjects that I enjoyed the most at school (although I still did Maths even though I hated it, because I needed it to do science at my chosen uni).
I am really happy doing what I do now although I think that I could have easily ended up doing something else because I am a bit indecisive sometimes 😛
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Julia Griffen answered on 13 Jun 2011:
No, and to be honest I still dont know what I want to do after my PhD…
I know I like to keep busy and active. I like problem solving and working with people.
My job involves all of these so far… WIN 🙂 -
Sara Imari Walker answered on 14 Jun 2011:
Hi kaffwyn! I had NO CLUE what I wanted to do when I was in grade school. I had lots of interests but no direction. It took my first physics class for me to realize what I really was passionate about – science and discovery! Once I had direction and drive, for something I am really interested in, the rest came into place =) So, I think Amy’s advice is just perfect. Look for things you are interested in and follow that. It might take a while to find that thing you are really passionate about but it will also take you on interesting journeys to find it!
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