• Question: Do you enjoy your job or do you just like the fact that you're helping people?

    Asked by maun27yet on 10 Feb 2022.
    • Photo: Valerie Vancollie

      Valerie Vancollie answered on 10 Feb 2022:

      For me it’s both. I enjoy my job itself and I love that I’m able to help be part of the pandemic response and helping people as a result.

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      Samuel Ellis answered on 10 Feb 2022:

      I do enjoy it, I do not think that anyone could really progress in a science career without enjoying their subject as it takes a lot of patience and commitment. But the hope is also that your research will be helpful to people too, whether that is from directly discovering something useful or contributing to our understanding of something that will be used by other scientists.

    • Photo: Prabs Dehal

      Prabs Dehal answered on 10 Feb 2022:

      Yes, it’s fun.

    • Photo: Melanie Krause

      Melanie Krause answered on 13 Feb 2022:

      Hi!
      I’d also say its both.. sometimes the parts that we help people with are also not as obvious as lets say if you were a medical doctor. For example my work is developing a method that will be used to understand viruses better.. but the actual helping will only come in when someone finds a new drug using my method.. so if it wasn’t fun it would be very hard to stick with it 😉

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