• Question: Why did you no pursue music or traveling instead of your current job?

    Asked by anon-241095 to Tom, Rebecca on 11 Mar 2020.
    • Photo: Rebecca Wong

      Rebecca Wong answered on 11 Mar 2020:

      To pay the bills! Music is competitive and doesn’t necessarily pay that well (unless you are really good, which I am not). I thought my skills are better placed in science where I can get a reliable income and save money to spend on music and travelling in my spare time, or for a big adventure every few years.

      Some companies will allow their employees to take a lot of time off (a sabbatical) and still have a job to come back to. This is good for travelling as you will have saved up some money, rather than travelling around on a shoestring.

    • Photo: Tom Dally

      Tom Dally answered on 11 Mar 2020:

      Because I am no good at music! I wish I was – a lot of my friends are. I do get to travel as part of my job occasionally, and I have been to some cool places: I spent two months in the Peruvian Amazon during my undergraduate degree, and I spent a month camping in Greece during my PhD. I might also get to go to Africa sometime next year for work, which would be awesome! I am really conscious of my carbon foot-print, though, so I try not to fly too much.

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