• Question: When you decided to become a scientist what other career options did you have?

    Asked by Rose to Dave, Ed, Guido, Hugh, Stef on 16 Mar 2015.
    • Photo: Dave Bond

      Dave Bond answered on 16 Mar 2015:

      I had and still have many options. It is not a career dead end.
      I could work in other sciency places, or work in industry on the next facebook or google for instance.

    • Photo: Guido Bolognesi

      Guido Bolognesi answered on 16 Mar 2015:

      I am a mechanical engineer and I got a job offer from an energy company in Italy (something like British Gas here in UK). I think I would have enjoyed that job, but I love too much science so here I am !

    • Photo: Ed Rial

      Ed Rial answered on 16 Mar 2015:

      Hi Rose

      The career options I had (and still have, to some extent) are mainly engineering, computing, teaching… Basically anything where being logical it’s a good thing.

      I’ve worked on building sites in the past, so I’m sure I could train to be a builder or roofer.

      I could probably still do a business degree and move into management if I wanted, but that sounds boring!

      One of my friends from my physics course at uni is an editor for a magazine, so a science degree will open a lot of doors for you!

      Ed

    • Photo: Hugh Harvey

      Hugh Harvey answered on 18 Mar 2015:

      In medicine there are loads of career options – you could be a doctor on a desert island, or helping children in Africa, or a brain surgeon in London, or a GP in Scotland….. you can choose to look after lungs, or the heart, or maybe the liver…. the list goes on!

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