• Question: did you ever change your mind about what you wanted to be

    Asked by anon-322850 on 25 Mar 2022.
    • Photo: Matt Kasoar

      Matt Kasoar answered on 25 Mar 2022:

      When I was at school, I thought quite seriously about being a pilot, or else an engineer. But after studying physics at university I decided I wanted to keep doing that as a career, and in particular got really interested in the physics of climate change, which is what I now work on. I still think I would have enjoyed being a pilot, but given how bad flying is for the environment I don’t think I could change jobs now without feeling really guilty 😅

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      Victoria Fawcett answered on 25 Mar 2022:

      Many times… at school I loved maths and thought this is what I wanted to do. I also wanted to be a vet and an astronaut. During my A levels I started to really enjoy Physics so decided to take both Maths and Physics at University.
      At University I started to enjoy Physics more than maths, but even then I was not sure what area of physics was my favourite! It started as Nuclear Physics, then Particle Physics and finally… when I was 20 I decided to do an Astronomy PhD, and I am now in my final year and have accepted a job to become a proper astronomer next year! 🙂

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      Daisy Shearer answered on 27 Mar 2022:

      I haven’t really yet! I’ve just followed what I’m most interested in. But I’m coming to the end of my PhD now and will have to decide on what job I want to do after this which has me torn between doing just physics research and doing something that lets me do research and communication and maybe teaching in higher education.

    • Photo: Luke Humphrey

      Luke Humphrey answered on 28 Mar 2022:

      Many many times, and never regretted it. I think the info is on my bio. 😄

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