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Asked by danab to Michael, Chris, Eva, Paddy, Philip on 15 Jun 2011. This question was also asked by sufmed, chloewildman, olisfruit, jakeb.
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Michael Wharmby answered on 12 Jun 2011:
I really enjoy my job! I don’t really think of it as a job, because it’s a lot of fun.
When you see a problem you’ve been working on solved or when you look at all the work you’ve been doing and piece together a story, there’s a real buzz. But there are also bad days when things just don’t work.
Overall though, I wouldn’t swap my job for the world – where else could I get paid for finding answers to questions that fascinate me, making pretty colours and being enthusiastic?!
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Paddy Brock answered on 15 Jun 2011:
Yes, very much. I really enjoy reading about all the sorts of different scientific processes important to figuring out how sea lion biology works and how humans affect them. I also really enjoy the investigation aspect: you have a problem or question and it’s challenge to think of all the ways you might be able to figure it out and find the answer. I love travelling too, and working with people from diffent cultures and in different languages and that’s an important part of my job as field biologist.
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Philip Denniff answered on 15 Jun 2011:
Love it.
My boss asked to try and break Dried Blood Spots and after two years of trying I think I am nearly there. The next job will be to mend it and make it stronger. Dried blood spots allow me to take samples blood samples from a finger prick rather than sticking a needle into the arm. The aim is to use this method of collecting blood with sick babies so we have got to get it right. -
Chris Jordan answered on 15 Jun 2011:
Like Michael says – I wouldn’t swap this job!
I even have proof of that – when I’d been working at the observatory for a couple of years, my previous boss offered me a rise to go back. I’m still at the observatory 🙂
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