Do you like your job? Why do you do it?

Robyn Kiy answered on 2 Mar 2020:

I really do like my job, which is one of the reasons I do it! The main reason I do my job is because I want to do something that makes a difference – I would love to discover something that could lead to lots of lives being improved or saved.

Samir Hopestone answered on 2 Mar 2020:

I really like my job, I find discovering new things really intersting. I do the job because i want to make a difference and hopefully one day some of the work that i do will be able to help patients of genetic diseases.

Nuru Noor answered on 2 Mar 2020:

Thanks that’s a really great question and I absolutely love my job. I am very lucky to work with patients in hospitals, including people of all ages with bowel problems to get them feeling better and being able to spend time with family and friends, and doing all the things they like doing.

On top of that, as a PhD student I am still learning and able to be involved in clinical trials – which can help offer access to new treatments which are not available yet in the NHS and hopefully get better even quicker. So I feel very lucky to work as a doctor and in clinical trials research.

Ioana Grigoras answered on 2 Mar 2020: last edited 2 Mar 2020 2:42 pm

I was having dinner with my parents a few months ago and they were talking about what they would do if they could choose another job. That was when I realised I wouldn’t want any other job and I was happy being a scientist. It is intellectually stimulating and you get to answer questions that you are interested in. I also like knowing what impact my work would have and feeling that my research is worth doing. I also have a lot of fun with my colleagues and it’s cool to be surrounded by other nerds who get excited about science.

Nathan Kindred answered on 2 Mar 2020:

I love my job! It’s a lot of work and stress but I find it fun and the possibility to make a big difference in the world is exciting.

Beth Bartlett answered on 2 Mar 2020:

I really love my job – it lets me do so many different things and I love the variety! I do a mixture of lab experiments on cells, coding on the computer, listening to other scientists talk about their work, and presenting and writing about my own science. As a result I develop a lot of different skills. I also love the fact that my work could eventually help people living with cancer to get better.

Andrea Kusec answered on 2 Mar 2020:

I love what I do! Research is a slow process, but it’s great to see how all of it comes together to make something interesting or learn something new. Plus in between I get to do fun things like this – sharing what I do with the world!

Sarah Brown answered on 2 Mar 2020:

Most of the time! Being honest there are times where doing research is very tricky and frustrating because you’re doing work that no one has done before so it is going to be hard! This, however, can also be a good thing though as when you’ve done it you get a feeling of great achievement. My favourite part of my job is sharing the cool science we do with others for example when I visit schools – this I always love!

Sarah Clarke answered on 2 Mar 2020:

I absolutely love my job! Don’t get me wrong, sometimes it can be hard work, frustrating and tiring, and then I wonder why I do it. But then you find out something new that nobody has ever found before and its such an amazing feeling. It makes you proud of what you do and makes all the hard bits worth it! I used to get really nervous talking to people about my research, but now I mostly find it really exciting telling people what I have discovered and knowing that one day it might help my patients.

Paige Chandler answered on 2 Mar 2020:

I do like my job. Not every day is easy, and sometimes I have really bad days! But that’s the same in any job you have. I love my job because at the end of the day, I know I’m doing something important to me, and it helps the world in a small way. Also the mice I work with are very cute.

Amadou Camara answered on 3 Mar 2020:

I likes my job as it makes me who I am and to be able to make research and part of good team work

Sarah Carter answered on 3 Mar 2020:

I do like my job! It can be frustrating, especially when analyses don’t work out or people don’t feel as passionately about what I’m doing as I do, but in general, I feel really lucky to have a job that brings together all of my interests (reading, writing, studying health, speaking to people, sharing ideas, and generating research questions).

Lotte de Winde answered on 3 Mar 2020:

I very much like my job! It is great to discover something new, and in the long run, I hope that my discoveries will help patients that suffer from lymphoma (cancer of immune cells in the lymph node). This motivates me to continue my research, even when it sometimes is a lot of work and not everything I do works the first (or second, or third) time.

Katrina Wesencraft answered on 3 Mar 2020:

I like that I do different things every day in my job. A PhD is all about figuring things out. I love it when I fix things and get things right but sometimes I mess up or I don’t know the answer and it can be really hard. I think people in every job have good days and bad days but if I’m struggling, I remind myself why I chose medical research. I love helping people and I work hard so that hopefully one day my research will help people with type 1 diabetes.

M S answered on 3 Mar 2020:

I do! I think its challenging but its definitely something I enjoy! You have to love what you do otherwise you wont want to do it.

I chose to do this because I worked in universities before and I found that – while I enjoyed it – I wanted to do more. So that’s when I realised I wanted to challenge myself and decided to study!

Sophie Arthur answered on 4 Mar 2020: last edited 4 Mar 2020 11:20 am

I love my job. I get to learn about so much different and amazing science and the latest discoveries. Plus I get to be creative and share that information with the world through videos or social media and more. The best of both worlds in my opinion!

I do it because communicating and sharing the research is just as important as doing the research itself. A lot of research is funded with public money, so the public have a right to know what it is being used for, and when people learn of these developments, it can help them to get passionate about topics with the correct information which can help influence politicians in their decision making but also determine whether researchers can get more funding for further research. Its a big research loop really! But not all scientists are brilliant at communicating what they do, so I am here to help them

Kate Mitchell answered on 8 Mar 2020:

There are parts of my job that I really like and others that I find more difficult. The variety and flexibility is great, I love that in this job I am able to organise my own time, use my brain to solve problems, work with numbers and ideas and images and words, that I can spend some time working on my own and other time with people, and I love the opportunities I get to teach and interact with the public. It can be difficult when I don’t get funding to do my research, or my experiments don’t work, or my papers get criticised or rejected by journals. I do it because it uses my skills and can make a difference to peoples’ health, and its on an interesting topic.

Question: Do you like your job? Why do you do it?

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