• Question: why do you enjoy your job?

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      Asked by Camilla C to Stuart, Richard, Lauren, katy, Anais on 4 Mar 2016. This question was also asked by ellielillyxo, viktoria lediakhova, Pineapple, xamzz, jack, Katie, laura-rodes, queenlay, mini.
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        Stuart Atkinson answered on 4 Mar 2016:

        I get to visit all kinds of interesting places and speak to people about the clever work they do. Eg one person was working on a paint that would work like a solar panel wherever you painted it. Weird, eh?

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        Richard Friend answered on 6 Mar 2016:

        I think it’s because I get to do a lot of different things every day. I don’t think I’d be able to do the same thing day in, day out, I’d probably get bored really quickly! The part that really gets me excited is solving problems though, figuring out exactly why something isn’t working, making some changes and seeing what happens. It doesn’t always work first time! But then that’s the challenge!

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        Katy Kellett answered on 7 Mar 2016:

        I think I enjoy it so much because its so active, no two days are the same and very rarely do they involve you sitting in front of a computer screen all day. But I also enjoy finding out new things all the time, things that I may even be the first to find out!

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        Anais Kahve answered on 7 Mar 2016:

        Hello Camilla, thanks for your question. I like the fact that my job allows me to think about all aspects of science in physics, chemistry and biology. Also, as a researcher I have great satisfaction knowing that I am helping advance our knowledge of science and helping to answer ‘how’ and ‘why’ certain things happen.

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        Lauren Laing answered on 7 Mar 2016:

        I’m a very curious person, I was always asking my parents questions about everything (I think they found this a bit challenging at times )! I really enjoy understanding how things work, and solving problems. Science is the perfect environment for that, if your curious about something, you can try and find out the answer! And everyday you learn new skills and new facts about how things work! Everyone around you also has common goals, so there’s so much opportunity to work together.

        It is also a very varied and flexible job. You could be writing up results at your desk or analysing data, operation a really cool machine (my favourite is probably the sequencer – this is used to sequence genes and produces LOTS of data!) You might be working in the lab, for example pipetting lots of samples, or working with animals. I even get to learn to code!

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