• Question: what did you want to be when you were little

    Asked by donlikehayden to David, James, Mike, Suze, Will on 15 Jun 2011. This question was also asked by muhammedalir, rachel4, ellierose.
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      Mike Dodd answered on 14 Jun 2011:

      Many things! They were all related to science, such as an astronaut, doctor, scientist. It wasn’t until during my GSCEs that I decided that I really enjoyed science, and wanted to become a scientist, working in a lab with my white coat and “cool” lab goggles! I don’t have the crazy hair of a scientist, but I have everything else! What about yourself?

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      James Marrow answered on 14 Jun 2011:

      Actually, a zoo-keeper

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      Suze Kundu answered on 14 Jun 2011:

      To be over 5 ft tall and married to Robbie Williams. Neither of these things have happened yet, but you never know.

      Careerwise, I had no idea. I knew that it would be something that involved logic and very little writing or drawing, as I’ve always been really terrible at anything creative. I went through phases of being something related to whatever it was that I liked most at the time (I wanted to be a football statistician for a while. No idea why. I think this was when David Beckham was cute…), but I’m really pleased that I’ve come back to a path that I love. I know that I would always be able to change if I really wanted to do something else, so everything is possible.

      What do you want to do, and has this changed over time?

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      William Eborall answered on 15 Jun 2011:

      I really wanted to be a bar tender which I was about 8, then a comedian for a few years. By the time I was in secondary school I wanted to be a doctor but decided I didn’t really like sick people which would have made that difficult 🙂

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      David Ingram answered on 15 Jun 2011:

      Loads of things, until I had a computer then I still wanted to do loads of things but only if they included computers 🙂 I even went on a Royal Navy careers trip and spent a week finding out what it would be like to be in the Navy.

Comments

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    donlikehayden commented on :

    This is to suze and mike my mind is a bit all over the place with what i want to do when im older but i know sooner or later

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      Mike commented on :

      Hey donlikehayden, When I was at school, my head was all over the place. I enjoyed science and I knew that I wanted to continue with it. But I didn’t know what I wanted to do, whether Chemistry, Biology, biochemistry etc. When it came to a-levels I still didn’t really know, so I did all the sciences and maths, which was hard. But once I found Biochemistry, I knew I had the right area. It is such a broad subject and has impact in some many areas of the world and science. I still don’t know what I want to do when I grow up, because I still think I’m growing and learning everyday (yeah that was cheesy!). I found that if I did something that I found enjoyable and exciting that I would get a job at the end of it. University was a great time to find yourself and get to know a subject really well. I had lots of fun and made some life long friends.

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      Suze commented on :

      I’m with Mike on this one too. I’ve got no idea what I want to be when I grow up, and I still find it amazing that I get paid to play in a lab, investigating and experimenting, when would happily do it for free if they just let me in. Don’t tell them that though, as I like the money too!

      I chose my degree because it was my favourite of the subjects that I had taken however, I had no idea what I would do with it after that. I graduated and was training to be an accountant, but I’m too bouncey for all of that, so they let me back into the world of science, and I’ve never looked back.

      I think you’ll naturally find your way to whatever it is that you really want to do. It’s OK to have a few blips along the way, because as long as you work hard at whatever it is that you do, it all counts as good experience, and if you can find what it is that you benefitted from whatever it is that you did, those skills can be used in any other path that you choose.

      There is a lot of pressure on having to choose what you want to do in life, but if you’re not sure, don’t be scared. Just do something that you enjoy. If you do anything well enough, you’ll always be able to get a job at the end of it, no matter what, as long as you’ve shown that you’re dedicated and you can learn new things.

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    gasheshsxd commented on :

    I ALSO WANT TO BE A SCIENTIST 😮 but you guys are already scientists