• Question: What's your favorite thing about your job?

    Asked by anon-39764 on 8 Nov 2022. This question was also asked by anon-39762.
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      Lyndsey Moore answered on 8 Nov 2022:

      I think I most like the flexibility of my schedule and that I can research the questions that interest me most.

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      Ciara Buckley answered on 8 Nov 2022:

      The flexibility is fantastic, you get a great work life balance. But also the sense of accomplishment. A PhD is very self-directed so you could be working on a problem for months. When you finally solve it, theres no better feeling!

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      Vanessa Rodrigues answered on 8 Nov 2022:

      There are a lot of outreach and community engagement opportunities. I love that there is a platform where we can share what we research with all ages, and we, as scientists, also learn what our community needs.

    • Photo: Vincent Monchal

      Vincent Monchal answered on 8 Nov 2022: last edited 8 Nov 2022 4:40 pm

      Discovering new part of a mystery, it’s so thrilling ! You did it all by yourself, with the collaboration of other scientists but you were leading the project.

    • Photo: Yuliya Semenova

      Yuliya Semenova answered on 8 Nov 2022:

      Sometimes working on a difficult problem can be very hard and even frustrating, but this leads to even greater satisfaction from solving it. Also, I am always surrounded by young researchers and I love it!

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      Sean O'Halloran answered on 9 Nov 2022:

      Working with my hands. I’m not so good with sitting down and doing admin work so I love when I have either an experiment to plan and I get to use the whiteboard or when I actually carry out the experiment and pray that it works.

    • Photo: Ingmar Schoen

      Ingmar Schoen answered on 9 Nov 2022:

      That the combination of satisfying my curiousity, working with my team, interacting with students never gets boring.

    • Photo: Anna Desmond

      Anna Desmond answered on 9 Nov 2022:

      I like that my schedule can be flexible so I can decide what I’m going to test today and when. I also like that I get to work with other scientists who are interested in microbiology.

    • Photo: Muhammad Farhan Khan

      Muhammad Farhan Khan answered on 9 Nov 2022:

      You get a chance to attend a lot of conferences. Free food!

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