• Question: would you ever change your career path?

    Asked by mikeala on 3 Apr 2025.
    • Photo: Jenny Murdoch

      Jenny Murdoch answered on 3 Apr 2025:

      Plenty of people do change their career path, although it’s not something I’m considering right now. But I think it’s important to know that you aren’t ‘stuck’ doing one thing, there are ways to change so you can try something different.

    • Photo: Erin Pallott

      Erin Pallott answered on 7 Apr 2025:

      I’m definitely considering it! I think I enjoy writing, talking, and teaching about science than doing the research myself.

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  • Photo: Edward

    Edward commented on :

    Yes because we should always prepared to consider new options. Often for your grandparents and perhaps your parents, they could have a job for life and be with the same employer until they retire.
    With advances in technology and AI, new jobs are being created and old jobs are changing or sometimes being lost.
    By all means focus on what you enjoy and what you want to do after school. However, it is very likely you will need to learn new skills as you go through your working life. Whilst it may seem that school ends at 18 or perhaps 21 if you go to university, learning and training are a key part of modern life.

    So yes, whilst I enjoy what I do, I always keep an eye out for new trends and new technologies that might affect my field.
    A good place to look is to see if your field of interest has a professional society. They often have a lot of information about what their members do and the skills they have. For my field, mathematics, I look at the pages of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (IMA).