• Question: What was your job (if you had one) before you became a scientist?

    Asked by anon-305192 on 24 Nov 2021.
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      Michael Short answered on 24 Nov 2021:

      I have been in research for a long time (MSc, PhD, Postdoc, and now a Lecturer), but before that I made money as a bartender and from playing music in bands while I was a student.

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      Andrew McDowall answered on 24 Nov 2021:

      Before being a scientist I worked in a garage, and before that I was a seasonal farm labourer (glamorous stuff, clearly).

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      Alexander De Bruin answered on 24 Nov 2021:

      my only non-science job was working (for my parents) in a garden centre / retail nursery / florist

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      Natasha Marchant answered on 25 Nov 2021:

      While I was doing my degree, I had a summer job at an ice-cream cafe! They made all their own ice-cream from the milk from the cows on their farm. Of course, I had to test every flavour to make sure they we’re good enough for the customers! My favourite was their tiramisu ice-cream with biscoff being a close second

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      Jayne Roberts answered on 25 Nov 2021:

      I have always been a scientist however I did have a few different part time jobs when I was at college and during the summer when I was at university. I have worked in a pet shop, on a market stall and in a factory making light fittings.

    • Photo: Alexander Munnoch

      Alexander Munnoch answered on 25 Nov 2021:

      Never had a non-science job. My 1st one was as a school lab technician the Summer after I finished at high school then it was straight into university studies.

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