• Question: How old were you when you started being a scientist

    Asked by anon-234540 to Phill, Liam, Kohinoor, Karolina, Jack, Debbie on 11 Nov 2019.
    • Photo: Jack Joyce

      Jack Joyce answered on 11 Nov 2019:

      I guess from about 18 when I went to university — to me, a scientist is someone who specialises in a specific area, finds out all they can about that area, and then adds new knowledge.

    • Photo: Karolina Urbanska

      Karolina Urbanska answered on 11 Nov 2019:

      If we assume that we become scientists when we get our first full-time job as a scientist (so excluding being a student at a university), then it would have been at 24 years old.

    • Photo: Debbie Kinsey

      Debbie Kinsey answered on 11 Nov 2019:

      I didn’t think of myself as a scientist for a long time – I think because I pictured a “scientist” being someone who works in a lab with a white coat, even though scientists actually work in all kinds of places and do all kinds of things. I was probably a scientist from about 18 when I went to university and started studying it (and I’ve never worked in a lab or worn a white coat!).

    • Photo: Liam Wignall

      Liam Wignall answered on 11 Nov 2019:

      Depends what you consider to be a scientist. I started conducting my own research at 21, but I’ve always been asking questions about how the world works.

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