• Question: Do you think being a journalist or a doctor would have been fun and do you think you would still like to be a scientist after trying the careers out?

    Asked by Amelia to Dawn, David on 16 Jun 2016.
    • Photo: Dawn Lau

      Dawn Lau answered on 16 Jun 2016:

      I think being a doctor would have been interesting, and extremely challenging! During university I did some work experience at hospitals and found it quite fun but also completely exhausting. I think the intellectual challenge of being a doctor is fun, but I couldn’t really deal with the upsetting side of it (I worked at an oncology/cancer ward). As for being a journalist, I could be a science journalist, I suppose! I still think being on this side of science and doing research is more fun.

    • Photo: David Robertson

      David Robertson answered on 18 Jun 2016:

      I think either could be fun for the right person. Both are difficult in different ways. I don’t think I could write well enough quickly enough to be a journalist, but getting to see so many different things would be exciting.

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