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Asked by spednik123 to Rob, Sam, Claire, Kate, Matt on 17 Jun 2013. This question was also asked by bishal123, jathomson312, domberry73, rahman, 09kasalid, lisaloo, conker, tinkywinky3000, samthenutellaeater.
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Matthew Pankhurst answered on 17 Jun 2013:
Yes I do very much! The University of Leeds is a great place for someone like me who wants to study volcanoes. We don’t have many volcanoes nearby, but we do have lots of scientific equipment to study bits of volcanoes in detail. I go and travel to volcanoes (mainly in Iceland!) and learn about how they erupted. Then I take bits of the erupted material (lava and other types of volcanic rock like tephra and ash) back to Leeds. Sometimes my bag is very heavy!
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Sam Geen answered on 17 Jun 2013:
Yeah, it’s interesting and challenging, and I get to go to new places and meet new people. Sometimes it’s frustrating, and everything goes wrong. It’s research, so you don’t know what the answer is before you do it, so there’s a lot of things that happen that you don’t expect that you need to figure out.
But yeah, as far as jobs go, science is pretty good.
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Kate Husband answered on 17 Jun 2013:
Yes. You have good days and bad days but the good ones definitely outnumber the bad ones. I don’t dread Mondays!
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Robert Woolfson answered on 17 Jun 2013:
Yes. Professionally, I work for one of the best guys in the world in my field so I get access to brilliant facilites and contacts. On a more personal note, I really like the guys I work with which helps me enjoy the good days more and gets me through the days when nothing works.
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Claire Lee answered on 18 Jun 2013:
I absolutely do!
I think that is one of the main reasons people go into science – because they love what they do. One of the reasons why I consider myself lucky is that my job is not just a “job to pay the bills”. It is actually my hobby – something I enjoy doing and I feel passionate about, and I am able to make that into a career.
I think, if you can turn your hobby into a career, then you can have the happiest life. Doing what you love to do and getting paid to do it? Winner! In fact, that would be my best advice to anyone about a career – is it something that makes you happy?
(Of course, there are ups and downs, good things and bad things. But overall if you like it more than not, if it makes you happy more than sad, then go for it – go for it with all your might.)
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