• Question: What did you want to be when you were younger??

    Asked by anon-181159 to Ashley, Alex on 15 Jun 2018.
    • Photo: Alex Haragan

      Alex Haragan answered on 15 Jun 2018:

      I think when I was very young I wanted to be a fighter pilot. Then an artist (which, if you’ve ever seen me attempt to paint or draw was always slightly optimistic!)
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      When I was thinking slightly more realistically I knew I wanted to help cure cancer in some way (my dad was unwell with cancer when I was in primary school) but didn’t know quite how.
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      When I went to Uni I loved biology and research – and now I get to treat patients with cancer and do my own research on it. I feel lucky to be paid to do what I love!
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      But my advice to you is: if you have no idea what you want to do/be, don’t worry, most people don’t, I think. Just do things you enjoy, believe me theres no point having a job if you don’t like it.
      And if you only have a vague idea of what you want to do, but don’t know how to do it – keep talking and asking people.
      There is no “right” way to go about life, just taking opportunities when you see them!

    • Photo: Ashley Akbari

      Ashley Akbari answered on 15 Jun 2018:

      When I was in school I was not quite sure what I wanted to do, just something in the area of Science or Geography – by the time I went to college and then University computing became a big interest of mine and so something in the field of data and science was my main focus, which luckily has since translated into data science so the perfect blend!

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