• Question: How long have you been a scientist for?

    Asked by anon-177002 to Andrew, Becky, Daniel, Helen, Nicola, Urslaan on 9 Jun 2018. This question was also asked by anon-177571, anon-177569, anon-177323, anon-177331, anon-177199, anon-177691, anon-177656, anon-177182.
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      Daniel Marsh answered on 9 Jun 2018:

      I started working at the university in 1996 but I was studying science subjects a long time before that and asking questions that no-one knew the answers to so I guess you could say I was a scientist from quite an early age.

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      Andrew Singer answered on 9 Jun 2018:

      I’ve seen myself as being a scientist since 1997, when I started my PhD. However, in hindsight, I think anyone can be a scientist. You are a scientist if you are curious and choose to test your theory about how the world works. It can be super simple tests–like which window in my house does a particular houseplant prefer to grow. Easy stuff–but it is science! If we use that definition of a scientist, I was probably a scientist from the time I was 13 or so. Maybe when I started playing with model rockets. Great fun if you’ve never tried!

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      Urslaan Chohan answered on 11 Jun 2018:

      I’d say everyone is born a scientist – so the same as you “all my life”! Though my “all my life” is probably a bit longer than yours currently… 🙂

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      Becky Thomas answered on 13 Jun 2018:

      I loved science from a really young age, and was doing mini experiments when I was at school… but officially I’d probably say from when I started my PhD in 2007. I started working for a university in 2012 and I love my job 🙂

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