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Asked by gavlar to Sarah, Dalya, Derek, Tim, Tom on 16 Jun 2011. This question was also asked by kiwi, fizzy124, sophiecraig, naomiiwestlake, sholaameobi, 1234abcd, nadia786, 123sm123, nascientist, emmagrace.
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Sarah Thomas answered on 10 Jun 2011:
I guess I became a scientist 2 years ago when I started doing my PhD. Before then I was at Uni studying Chemistry, but now I still work at the Uni but I’m doing research instead. I work in the lab every day. It’s really cool, I love it!
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Tom Crick answered on 15 Jun 2011:
I think I really became a scientist when I started my PhD seven years ago…but have always enjoy science, so maybe since primary school!
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Tim Millar answered on 15 Jun 2011:
I guess when I qualified from Uni and went into a scientific job which is nearly 20 years ago (how time flies)
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Derek McKay-Bukowski answered on 15 Jun 2011:
In some ways everyone is a little bit of a scientist. Have you ever wondered why? Or asked a question? Or trying something out (= experimenting)?
But I guess I started in a more serious way, when I started doing amateur astronomy. I kept a record of my observations and wrote down what I saw. I started sending my observations to an observatory, and they used the results for their work. I was probably about 14-15 at the time.
More formally, I qualified as a scientist when I completed by university degree in the early 90’s.
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Dalya Soond answered on 16 Jun 2011:
Not really sure. D o you become I scientist when you first become interested in science? Or when you have your first science-related job? And do you ever really ‘become’ a scientist or is it a continual process of learning how to be one?
I suspect though you just wanted to know when my first lab job was: 1993, did a summer program in secondary school, but I haven’t worked continuously in labs since then.
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