• Question: how many years have you been working

    Asked by went490tar on 3 Jul 2023. This question was also asked by sard490has, y7.
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      Dan Brunsdon answered on 3 Jul 2023:

      Well I first went to uni in 2013 to study anthropology with political science. Side story on that, I was originally enrolled on an ancient history course but changed to anthropology as I enjoyed it so much! I graduated in 2016 and then finished my postgraduate studies in 2017. It took me around 6 months of job hunting before I started my first full time job in research in 2018. Since then I’ve worked for a range of universities in different research positions, usually my work changes every year or so which is fairly common in my area of research. I moved to London in 2019 and have been working here ever since, so TLDR: around 6 years now!

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      Hannah Scholes answered on 17 Jul 2023: last edited 17 Jul 2023 12:59 pm

      I finished uni in 2014, and started a job at a pharmaceutical company in the December, so that would mean I’ve been working in science for almost 9 years! 🤯

      If you mean my first ever job, then that would have been my Saturday job when I was doing my GCSEs, which was in 2009! Going by that, I’ve been working on and off for 14 years, but the last 9 have been in science 😃

      (WHOOPS! I’ve just realised I’ve already answered this one in the comments section!)

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      Cheryl Williams answered on 17 Jul 2023: last edited 17 Jul 2023 5:46 pm

      I got a weekend job at 16. While I was at uni I worked during the holidays at my local hospital doing clerical locum work. When I left uni at 21 I got a full time job virtually straight away. So 21 years full time but 25 years since my very first job.

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      Bruno Silvester Lopes answered on 17 Jul 2023:

      I’ve been working for 15 years but if you consider the studies from my bachelors then 20 years 😀

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      Kip Heath answered on 20 Jul 2023:

      I’ve been in the NHS 17 years, but 19 years since my first main job and 22 years since 13 year old me started delivering newspapers (for 3p a paper).

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      Clare Morrow answered on 24 Jul 2023:

      Since 1985 – so a long time!

Comments

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    Heidi commented on :

    I started working when I was still at school doing various part time jobs to earn some money, so from 1998 (plus paper rounds before that) and continued this when I was at Uni, then, I got on a graduate program after Uni and have been working Full time since 2004, so Full time 19 years, but started working 25 years ago. Now I feel really old, I’d never counted it up like that before!

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    Kip commented on :

    I got my first job delivering newspapers aged 13 (in 2001!), my first Saturday job as a kitchen assistant aged 16 (2004) and have been in the NHS as a scientist since I was 18 (2006 – almost 17 years).

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    Bruno Silvester commented on :

    I am working for the past 10 years but I’ve bee studying bugs (even today) for the past 20 years

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    Millie commented on :

    I have been working in my current career since 2014. Before that I had different temporary jobs through school and university.

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    Robbie commented on :

    My combined time in the workforce is around 5 years. I have been with Abbott for 3.5 years, I was with BBI solutions for 6 months and I also worked for a few months with Novartis Animal Health. This job with Abbott is my first permanent role.

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    Hasinah commented on :

    I have been working full-time in a “proper” job for nearly 4 years: after finishing University in 2019, I was accepted onto a 2 year graduate scheme where I got to experience different roles and different locations. In August 2021, I was offered my current role at the company.
    However, whilst I was at University, I worked during the summers for field experience – and this was all relevant experience to the job I do now.

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    Hannah commented on :

    I’ve been working for around 14 years! My first job was working on the checkouts at Tesco as a Saturday job during my GCSEs and A levels, and I stopped working there when I went to uni. I’ve been working in science for 9 years, ever since I graduated from university in 2014. My first “proper science job” was working in research and development for a pharmaceutical company. I was there for three years before I moved into the NHS.

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    Mona-Lisa commented on :

    Started with vacation jobs during my free time whilst at University . Since graduation from university ; 24 years .