My favourite job so far is the one I am in. I like working in a team towards a common goal, I like using my chemistry knowledge but not being based in the lab (I like the people in the lab, not the actual experiments I realised), I like that I get to travel with work to interesting places but it’s not every week. I get to meet and work with lots of scientists, researchers and educators and that is the favourite part of my job, getting to meet new people and learn about what science they are doing or learning about.
My favourite job so far as a marine biologist working with algae has been to grow it! My cultures are in flasks with their media (growth fluid) at the moment, and I love making sure they get bigger!
My favorite was also one of the shorter ones. It might be one of my favorites because of it. In the weeks before harvest during the univeristy summer holidays I would work with my Dad roguing the oats out of the wheat and barley crops. To spend the summer days and better, the summer evenings walking the fields beneath the Lammermuirs in the company of nature, my Dad and, one time, a couple of passing Spitfires, were the best times, though also the worst paid job I’ve ever had (agricultural minimum rates). Not something I’d like have liked to do permanently, but for a few weeks a year in my youth, bliss.
I was once part of a large team that was working on the software for a new build chemical plant. That has been my favourite job so far, getting to work with such a big team was amazing and alot of fun.
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