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Asked by kpnuts2k11 to Chris, Eva, Michael, Paddy, Philip on 14 Jun 2011.
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Chris Jordan answered on 14 Jun 2011:
Meetings can be boring (and everyone has to do meetings sometimes)
Sometimes have to wait for a star to rise before you can start an experiment, but that’s quite exciting and can be nerve racking too, if it’s really important that you get it right.
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Paddy Brock answered on 14 Jun 2011:
Sometimes, yes. I have to attend some meetings and do all sorts of administration that is important but not exciting. However, it definitely worth it!
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Michael Wharmby answered on 14 Jun 2011:
Yes. I have a love-hate relationship with going to scientific conferences.
It’s important to present your work and to hear about other peoples’ work, but at the same time I sit there having ideas and because I’m not in the lab I can’t try them out. And I’m then sat there fidgetting away listening to someone talk about something I find quite dull, whilst wishing I could be in the lab doing something useful! -
Eva Bachmair answered on 14 Jun 2011:
Sometimes yes, I have those ups and downs. The ups are easier because you are motivated and you feel like working 24/7. In downs I start wondering, why on earth did I not find another job…. The I have to kick myself sometimes to get going and it is a great feeling if the experiment eventually works.
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Philip Denniff answered on 14 Jun 2011:
Boring never.
Frustrating when I want to get into the lab but have to do something else.
Tiring at the end of a 12 hours experiment
Irritating when the computer refuses to talk to my mass spectrometer
Tedious at having to repeat the same operation over and over again
Exhilarating the experiment proves you were right
But never boring
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