• Question: What age did you decide to do science as career?

    Asked by x.genie to Andy, Chris, Harriet, Jess, Nikki on 4 Mar 2016.
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      Christopher Blanford answered on 4 Mar 2016:

      Hi X.Genie

      I was on the fence for a while.

      I was going to study French and journalism, or chemistry.

      I’d always loved science, but I also wanted to be well-rounded. I went to an American university that gave me a lot of non-science options at the same time, but I had to make up my mind when I was 19.

      I still keep up with the other topics in my spare time. Plus cooking.

      Chris

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      andy chapman answered on 5 Mar 2016:

      From the second ‘want’ I remember (the first ‘want’ I remember was definitely an ice cream) I have always wanted to BE a scientist but I would not say I have always wanted to WORK as a scientist for a career. Ever since I can remember I have been fascinated by basically all aspects of science, and when it came to studying it I loved all the scientific subjects. Except maths actually…I love it now, but it took a while to see how pretty that subject really is. I decided to work as a scientist a year after a masters degree in chemistry. I spent a year as a chef trying out the other career path I thought I wanted…..After mopping a floor at least 728 times (I missed two mopping sessions over Christmas day) I decided that I badly missed inventing and thinking about exactly why everything happens. I do still love cooking, and I still do it loads….and floor mopping actually…

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      Nikki D'Arcy answered on 6 Mar 2016:

      Hey, thanks for your question! I always loved biology and I chose to do double award science at GCSE, so I guess at 14 or 15.

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      Jessica Groppi answered on 6 Mar 2016:

      Hi!

      I officially decided I wanted to work in a science related field when I was 14 and started high school. Then I choose a school that was focused on scientific subjects: I was studying a lot of maths, physics and science.

      I decided I wanted to be a chemist when I was 17, because that year the science program was all about chemistry and I just thought it was really interesting.

      Jess.

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      Harriet Reid answered on 8 Mar 2016:

      It’s been a gradual thing over time I’ve got more into science. I spent a year working in a lab in America as part of my degree, that’s what made me want to stay in science.

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