• Question: Whats your favriot thing about your job

    Asked by james2000 to Rebecca, Carol, Ellie, John, Philip on 25 Jun 2012. This question was also asked by khya536, adelle, taominevin0712, crazybeanz, zillage1.
    • Photo: Carol White

      Carol White answered on 25 Jun 2012:

      I love the variety!

      I spend time doing really cool experiments in the lab, but then I also get to go on boats to collect samples, talk to young people (like you!) about my work, and best of all I can go to conferences and workshops around the world.

      I get bored quite quickly, so it’s really nice to have a job where I know there’s a different task coming soon… it means I’m always excited about something!

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      Rebecca Lacey answered on 25 Jun 2012:

      Hi James2000 and khya536!

      My favourite thing is working through statistical puzzles (sounds really geeky, I know!) and getting interesting results from my data, especially finding out things that we didn’t know about before! That is really exciting!

      I also like talking to charities and other organisations (such as government departments) about my work and why our findings are important for them. Also I like to travel a lot and I get to do this in my job by giving presentations of my work to other scientists at conferences. This year I am going to Norway, Budapest, London and Porto (Portugal). You go to the conference but there is also time for sightseeing and social things!

    • Photo: John Welford

      John Welford answered on 2 Jul 2012:

      Hi everyone that asked this question!

      I think the best part of my job is learning new stuff. There is always something out there that you don’t know about.

      I also get a real buzz out of being able to demonstrate things actually working in practice!

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