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Asked by lulusheepdog to David, Helen, Ian, rhysphillips, Sarah on 15 Jun 2011. This question was also asked by bryony123456789.
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Ian van der Linde answered on 14 Jun 2011:
It is important to study hard, and make the right choices at School, College and University if you want to be a scientist. When choosing the subjects you are going study, try to pick those that will help you to get the career you want, even if they are considered to be tougher!
Scientists often follow hunches, but we also read each other’s work a lot and try to push back the boundaries of the area we are studying little by little by doing new studies that go a little further than the studies that have been done before. Sometimes though, we might have a great idea that hasn’t been thought of by anybody before – in that case, if we have read around the subject enough to check that it really is a good idea, then we would definitely push ahead with that too!
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Rhys Phillips answered on 14 Jun 2011:
Go for it! It’s a great career path to take! It’s important to work hard and choose the right subjects but it is definitely worth it.
Following your hunch is always a good start but it’s good to try and back it up by researching stuff that other people have already done first.
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Helen Fletcher answered on 14 Jun 2011:
If you have hunches and are itching to follow them you have the beginnings of a good scientist. Always back up your hunch with scientific evidence. We spend a lot of time searching on-line data bases using key-words to see what else has been published in our fields and to find evidence for our hunches.
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Sarah Cook answered on 15 Jun 2011:
Being a scientist, like any job has its ups and downs.
I’d think about what job you’d like in the end and head that way but it doesn’t hurt to leave a few options open and its also not a problem to switch later on down the line.
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