• Question: what was the hardest thing about becoming a scientist?

    Asked by macklev2 to Asif, Laura, Lena, Sean, Viv on 15 Mar 2012. This question was also asked by pollyatondo.
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      Laura Waters answered on 14 Mar 2012:

      I’d say that dealing with exams year after year after year! Now I am a qualified scientist I don’t have to do them any more!

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      Viv Lyons answered on 14 Mar 2012:

      Exams were probably my hardest thing too, but passing them was hugely satisfying

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      Sean Murphy answered on 15 Mar 2012:

      I think the hardest thing is that we while we try so many methods and variations of our experiments, quite often they don’t work out. Sometimes we work for many months to make an experiment work. Once we are finally successful we can look back and know that it was worth the effort, but during the trial and error it is hard to stay positive.

    • Photo: Lena Ciric

      Lena Ciric answered on 15 Mar 2012:

      For me, the hardest thing was keeping motivated when some of my experiments weren’t working while I was going my PhD. I persevered though, and now I’m Dr Lena. 😉

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