• Question: Be truthful, are you where you want to be in life?

    Asked by htdog44 to James, Marcus, Martin, Rob, Suzanne on 16 Mar 2012.
    • Photo: Suzanne McEndoo

      Suzanne McEndoo answered on 16 Mar 2012:

      Oooo! Good question.

      I guess so. I’m very happy doing my science, and I love the life I get to lead because of my work (the travel, not having a set time to get to work, meeting people). I like living in Edinburgh a lot and I get to live with my boyfriend who is one of my best friends.

      I won’t stay living like I currently am for the rest of my life, but that’s ok. Eventually I will move on to a different job in a different city which will be a great adventure. I don’t like to plan out too far ahead what I want to be doing, because it never seems to work out that way, but so far things have gone really well.

    • Photo: James Boone

      James Boone answered on 16 Mar 2012:

      I’m not quite there yet. I’m very glad that I have taken the path through academia that I have, as it will open more opportunities for me at the end, but I don’t want to continue. In September this year I’m going to stop being a scientist and train to be a teacher of physics at secondary school and A-level. I hope that’ll turn out to be where I want to be in life 🙂

    • Photo: Marcus Gallagher-Jones

      Marcus Gallagher-Jones answered on 16 Mar 2012:

      Yes I must say I’m pretty happy with where I am right now. I have a job which a lot of my friends don’t at the moment. I have the opportunity to live in another country and be paid which is amazing. Most important I’m doing what I love everyday and meeting incredibly interesting people all the time.

      I think I’ll want a change at some point in the future but thats quite a ways off yet.

    • Photo: Robert Thompson

      Robert Thompson answered on 16 Mar 2012:

      I’m in Birmingham at the moment for a science fair, I have to say where I’d rather be is in London for St Patricks day and the last day of 6 Nations.

      I joke, I’m doing what I enjoy so yes, I just want to enjoy what I do.

    • Photo: Martin Zaltz Austwick

      Martin Zaltz Austwick answered on 20 Mar 2012:

      I’m a bit busier than I’d like to be! So much to do. But I’m married to a lovely woman, have an interesting job working with interesting people, and in my spare time I record music and podcasts, so I can’t complain really.

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