• Question: what did you want to be when you was younger

    Asked by anon-354002 to Ilija on 8 Mar 2023.
    • Photo: Ilija Rasovic

      Ilija Rasovic answered on 8 Mar 2023:

      I don’t think I have ever had one set idea! I seem to remember wanting to be a journalist at one point… But I’m glad I didn’t pursue that. Otherwise at various points I wanted to be a musician, an athlete, an F1 engineer… I always had a drive to make and create my own projects—basically to have some sense of independence in my work—so being a scientist or engineer quickly rose to the top of the list. As did wanting to run my own company. An entrepreneurial mindset is a very important thing to have in the modern job market, and I’m still keen to pursue launching my own company even now I’m older!

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  • Photo: Thomas

    Thomas commented on :

    I wanted to write stories. Fiction – probably science fiction but anything would do.

    Now I write research papers, and I think most people think they are really dry and boring but I enjoy telling mini stories about the scientific work we do and getting the word out about discoveries we have made.

    Half the job is telling other scientists why they need to read your work – becuase we’re all busy people and don’t have time (or even want to) read everything. So being a good storyteller helps a lot more than you would think!

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    Christy commented on :

    I didn’t really know what I wanted to do… I didn’t know anyone who was doing a PhD or who worked as a scientist when I was younger so I didn’t know what being a scientist was like! But now I wouldn’t change anything- I love science and finding out new things!

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    Clara commented on :

    I think over time there have been quite a few things that I wanted to do. At some point, I wanted to become a vet because I love animals. Later, I wanted to become an engineer because I saw from one of my parents what that work looked like and thought it was really cool. I almost applied for a computer science course for university because I was really interested in tech. But in the end, I went into materials science and then chemistry and I am so happy with my decision.
    I really enjoy doing chemistry research. When I was younger, I just did not know what it would be like to work as a research scientist because I did not know anyone in that career.

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    anon-359991 commented on :

    if you were a journalist what would wrtie