• Question: do you ever get bored of your job or is it always really interesting?

    Asked by 352gdna36 to Tora, Clare, Arthur on 7 Nov 2014. This question was also asked by RonaldMcDonald, tazaroney, Ffyona.
    • Photo: Tora Smulders-Srinivasan

      Tora Smulders-Srinivasan answered on 7 Nov 2014:


      I do sometimes get bored when I have to do the same thing in the lab day after day, especially when it’s on weekends and/or holidays!

      Most experiments need to be repeated a number of times to make sure the answers we get are real. That can get very tiring! Though I’m always excited to see what data we get in the end! That’s always interesting and keeps my job exciting in general! 🙂

    • Photo: Clare Harding

      Clare Harding answered on 7 Nov 2014:


      Sometimes!

      Yesterday, I spent three hours counting very small green and blue dots. The first 20 minutes were fine but it did get boring pretty quickly! But in the end I made a pretty graph and it suddenly all felt worthwhile

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