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Asked by ErinB on 17 Dec 2024. This question was also asked by cast520kops, dust520news, thus520hung.
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Artemis Eales answered on 17 Dec 2024:
Your hours aren’t always 9-5, so being a scientist can be tiring! Not to mention that if you are a researcher, you are regularly trying to convince people your work is worth financing and paying for – that can be really exhausting too!
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Claire Sycamore-Howe answered on 17 Dec 2024:
For me it’s keeping up to date with all the new discoveries and innovations. I work across a lot of areas in the chemical sciences, I work with a lot of different people and would class myself as a chemistry generalist rather than a specialist. This means it’s quite tricky to keep up with all the different innovations and developments because I am working with people across all of chemistry (biological, inorganic, organic, physical, computational, analytical). I also have my own interests, I like biological chemistry which means I am more likely to look into discoveries in that area!
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Catherine Perry answered on 19 Dec 2024:
When things don’t go right or to plan, it can be difficult to stay motivated, so it’s important to build up your resilience.
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Caroline Roche answered on 20 Dec 2024:
Keeping up with the changing technologies and regulations. There is always a paper or report that needs to be looked at.
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Katie commented on :
Great question! For me, the hardest part is that your career feels like a rollercoaster. Sometimes your climbing up and everything feels really fun and exciting, and sometimes it comes crashing down and you can be stuck for a while. Lots of highs, but also a few lows. If you love what you do, you’ll always get through it.