• Question: When did you realise that this profession was the one for you?

    Asked by anon-41519 on 25 Nov 2022. This question was also asked by anon-41336.
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      Vincent Monchal answered on 25 Nov 2022:

      What a great question !
      I realize it after a series of internships where I was directly involved in a project, with the daily life of a scientist. You just have to experiment what is the daily life of a particular job to know if it’s the one for you or not.

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      Ingmar Schoen answered on 25 Nov 2022:

      I liked working as a scientist from the start (end of my studies), then the only remaining question was if I would stay at a university/research institute or work as a scientist at a company. I tried the first and it worked out, luckily.

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      Vanessa Rodrigues answered on 26 Nov 2022:

      Sometimes I feel the profession picked me.

      It was trial and error. I explored several fields (…which is the coolest part of being in science! One can spend a lifetime learning new exhilarating topics) and settle for the one I can relate to the most.

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      Anna Desmond answered on 28 Nov 2022:

      Probably after my first semester of studying science in college. I just loved what I was learning in lectures and in labs.

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      Muhammad Farhan Khan answered on 30 Nov 2022:

      When I did my UnderGrad

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      Cristina Cuesta Marti answered on 30 Nov 2022:

      I liked science for many years. I started to realize that this was for me some years before going to College but especially when starting to see the actual research in the college years, doing internships and after finishing the degree.

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      Ciara Buckley answered on 1 Dec 2022:

      I found it really difficult in college to decide on a path as I knew there was more stability in terms of getting a permanent job and potentially a lot more money in industry. So when I saw the opportunities to take up internships where I got to “try out” being a research scientist, I jumped at them! Having the opportunity to try it out first really helped me see that I was good at it and I enjoyed it.

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