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Asked by thebeatles to Carys, Chris, Jeremy, Katherine, Simone on 17 Jun 2011. This question was also asked by benandizaak, samandaashishlgs.
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Katherine Jones answered on 14 Jun 2011:
Yes, I recommend a career in science because it’s fun and there’s lots of different types of science jobs you can do.
I think we are very lucky and earn a good salary – enough to have a nice place to live and go on nice holidays!
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Jeremy Green answered on 14 Jun 2011:
Yes, I do recommend a career in science for its freedom and because you can make a difference and because it is a very forward-looking optimistic thing to do in one’s life. I don’t recommend it as a way of becoming rich (although some scientist do get rich through their work). It’s hard to answer your question because scientists’ careers vary a lot and because you earn differently at different stages. However, we’re usually paid as university lecturers or professors, so you can do a Google search for “average lecturer’s salary UK” to get some idea.
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Carys Cook answered on 14 Jun 2011:
Being a scientist is not a ‘normal’ job really. It is a lot more fun actually, because we have the freedom to do what we want, when we want (as long as we get our work done). We don’t really have a boss, and can drive the direction that our work takes. Its is an incredibly rewarding job, as the work you do contributes to improving our collective knowledge as a species, and often has direct positive effects like saving lives. As for the money – it’s not the best paid job in the world, but most people don’t become scientists for the salary, they do it for other reasons. It does take a while to be in a position to earn enough to be comfortable, as a student myself I am on the bottom of the pile. I earn around £15,000 a year, and starting salary for someone with a PhD after university is between £20,000 and £30,000 a year. Hope this helps!
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Simone Bijvoet answered on 15 Jun 2011:
I do think being a scientist has a lot of positive things attached to it, one of them definately being able to plan your own hours and I love the feeling that a project is completely yours and you are the expert in that certain topic. However I do think you need a certain drive to become a scientist, you need to be curious and still want to know more after you’ve done a project.
I think it just counts for every job that you will choose, you have to like the things that are attached to a job. For example becoming a manager in a big company might be great and earns you lots of money but you will have few spare time and really have to go for your career and might not have a lot of time to spend home with your family. It’s not my kind of life so I don’t think I will never become a manager. 🙂
In the end it’s all to do with chosing to do what you love to do. And don’t worry, you still have loads of time to think about it and also remember that if you choose a certain career and you find out you don’t like it you can always find something you do like. Just. look at the opportunities! 🙂
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Christopher Phillips answered on 17 Jun 2011:
Ok.. I’ll lay it down right here.
Science is probably one of the best career’s you could ever choose, BUT!… most scientists will never get rich, I’m being honest here.
However, if you are innovative, lucky and have passion, science can take you all over the world and you can live an amazing life!
If you like travel, love what you do and are prepared to live on a budget for a while then this is the career for you!
I guarantee you a career in science can take you anywhere, if you let it. If you are going to get into science then you have to always be on the look out for opportunity and adventure.. that way you will never be disappointed. 🙂
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