• Question: Hi! Have you always wanted to be a scientist and looking back, would you change anything about your younger self? TrudyScrumptious :)

    Asked by TrudyScrumptious to Dave, Ed, Guido, Hugh, Stef on 12 Mar 2015.
    • Photo: Ed Rial

      Ed Rial answered on 12 Mar 2015:

      Hi Trudy!

      Up until I was in Year 9 I wanted to be a vet, but then I started finding physics and maths more enjoyable so I wanted to be a scientist from then.

      If I was to change anything about my younger self it would be to be more confident, and to be happier with who I was. (I didn’t realise how awesome I was until I went to university 😉 )

      Because not only is Everything Awesome, Everyone is Awesome in their own way!

      Ed

    • Photo: Dave Bond

      Dave Bond answered on 12 Mar 2015:

      Hi Trudy,

      As my time is spent with computing, you may or may not think I am a scientist. As though I experiment it is not in a lab. I have not always wanted to be one. As a kid I liked the idea of being an engineer, but I think the job found me. I only found it by looking in a magazine called New Scientist and I was not looking for a job at the time. It was just an opertunity I could not miss. But two and a bit years working at Diamond I would not change a thing. All your life experiences make you who you are both good and bad. I am quite happy where I have ended up.

    • Photo: Mariastefania De Vido

      Mariastefania De Vido answered on 15 Mar 2015:

      Hi Trudy!

      Yes, I think I always wanted to be a scientist, even though at first it wasn’t very clear to me which field I was most interested in: I first wanted to become a biologist, then a geologist, then an astronomer and finally a physicist. Only during the second year of university I chose my specialisation field, which is optics and lasers.

      If I could change something about my younger self, it would be to be less shy (I was very shy – luckily I have been improving a little bit since then).

      Stef

    • Photo: Hugh Harvey

      Hugh Harvey answered on 16 Mar 2015:

      I always wanted to be a doctor – and now I am!

      I think I would change a few things:
      Do more sports when I was younger because it’s important to stay fit, and it only gets harder as you get older!
      Practice harder at music – because I’d be amazing by now if I’d worked harder at it before.
      Have more adventures – why not?

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