• Question: What did you want to do for your job when you were at GCSE level or did you not really have a plan????

    Asked by ninjafish to Martin, James, Marcus, Rob, Suzanne on 12 Mar 2012. This question was also asked by sams, 11wiloma.
    • Photo: Martin Zaltz Austwick

      Martin Zaltz Austwick answered on 10 Mar 2012:

      I wanted to be a famous scientist. I got about half way there.

      My “plan” changed when I didn’t enjoy my PhD very much, and I realised I could change the area I worked in and try to find out what I enjoyed. I think it’s important to realise that it’s never too late to try something new, and if you’re enthusiastic and are prepared to have a go, people might just give you the chance.

    • Photo: Suzanne McEndoo

      Suzanne McEndoo answered on 12 Mar 2012:

      I didn’t have a plan. I wanted to do either maths or physics in Uni, but I didn’t know what I would do after that. I kind of fell into being a scientist. I keep signing up for things that look like fun, and that seems to be turning into a career.

    • Photo: Robert Thompson

      Robert Thompson answered on 12 Mar 2012:

      I agree with Martin. You’re never to old (or to young) to change your mind. When I was at GCSE level I wanted to work in the theater. Maybe as an actor or a musician, I also used to enjoy doing lighting and sound for plays and theater productions. I did a GCSE in Technical theater which I got an A* for.

    • Photo: James Boone

      James Boone answered on 12 Mar 2012:

      I actually wanted to be a Veterinarian. That is until I did my work experience there and saw the surgeries and poor animals that would come in. I also almost fainted because I wasn’t used to the anaesthetic gas they use.
      Now however, like Martin, I’ve not enjoyed doing my phD that much and I’ve decided I want to go into teaching science at secondary school. I just hope I’m cut out for it cos some people tell me that keeping you guys under control can be a challenge and a half!

    • Photo: Marcus Gallagher-Jones

      Marcus Gallagher-Jones answered on 12 Mar 2012:

      At the time of my GCSE’s I really wanted to be a Dr (the medical kind) however it was just a lot of hard work. I got a bit lazy during my A-levels sadly and so I never really went anywhere with that Idea. Instead I just stuck with what I loved and did a degree in biochemistry. Now I much about with lasers in another country, not quite sure how that happened.

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