• Question: Would u ever change you job career if you could?

    Asked by salma on 28 Jan 2022.
    • Photo: Valerie Vancollie

      Valerie Vancollie answered on 28 Jan 2022:

      I really like being a scientist and have loved the areas I’ve worked in. I do, however, also love to write and so might at some point consider switching or changing to have a go at publishing a novel or do two different careers at the same time.

    • Photo: Jonny Coates

      Jonny Coates answered on 29 Jan 2022:

      I’m finding that I really love the sharing and writing sides of science. I hate being in the lab (but loving looking at data and coming up with ideas). I’m also at a crossroads where I will possibly be leaving science in the next 2 years and so I’m looking for other jobs such as in science communication or consulting – I’d love to present science shows and documentaries. As part of this I’m actually writing a documentary about the scientific response to the pandemic which will be coming out later in the year. But doing this stuff alongside my normal lab job is alot of work.

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  • Photo: Melanie

    Melanie commented on :

    I think I would like to test out different jobs for a week, just to see what its like (maybe head of the government, or running a newspaper, or owning a cocktail bar 😉 but I don’t think I would like to do that permanently.. I prefer science