can i be a scientist? – Low Carbon Zone

Question: can i be a scientist?
- Keywords:
  scientist
Asked by renae+neve on 13 Jun 2023.
- Ian Duffy answered on 13 Jun 2023:
  
  Yes
- Cat Cowie answered on 13 Jun 2023:
  
  YES!! Anyone can be a scientist, and there is such a range of jobs and interesting things to research. All sorts of skills and personalities are needed to help us find out about the world and how to improve things for people and planet.
- Alice Ind answered on 13 Jun 2023:
  
  Have you considered you may already be a scientist? I think I started to think of myself as a scientist at uni, but I hadn’t worked as a scientist by then. Anyone can be scientist if they are open minded and curious and willing to try new things out (aka experiment). There are lots of jobs scientists do that are not the traditional lab-based roles.
- Luke Humphrey answered on 13 Jun 2023:
  
  Sure, there’s always work to be done in science and the more people involved the better in my opinion.
- Amy Stockwell answered on 13 Jun 2023:
  
  Yes!
  Can you ask questions? Can you do experiments? Can you write reports where you tell people what you did and what the results were? If you answered yes to these, then yes you can be a scientist.
  What parts of science interest you the most?
- Ferran Brosa Planella answered on 13 Jun 2023:
  
  Of course! And we need many more people to solve the challenges we face.
- Festus Ejikemeuwa answered on 13 Jun 2023:
  
  Yes, you can be a scientist. You just need to put your mind to it and work hard. Also make it fun and you will succeed.
- Sharron Kenny answered on 14 Jun 2023: last edited 14 Jun 2023 12:05 pm
  
  yes. science needs all kinds of people
- Alexander De Bruin answered on 16 Jun 2023:
  
  Absolutely, there are so many routes into being a scientist that you can almost certainly find a way that suits how you work
- John Grasmeder answered on 19 Jun 2023:
  
  Yes! Do you like asking questions? Are you interested in solving problems? Are you curious about the world around you and want to understand more? Do you like trying out and doing new things?
  Anyone can be a scientist, you don’t need to go to university. The company where I work has jobs for scientist at all levels, from apprentices who have just finished secondary school, to graduates, PhDs and experienced scientists.
- Enya Gomes Clynch answered on 20 Jun 2023:
  
  Anybody can be a scientist! So long as you are curious and interested in science then you can do it 🙂 be sure to ask lots of questions and investigate!
- Tom Price answered on 21 Jun 2023:
  
  Yes! Anyone can be a scientist. I didn’t do very well at school, but once I was working on projects instead of only learning subjects, I found I could be an engineer too.