• Question: have you thought about working on a different project

    Asked by Tjptaylor to Ashwanth, Jeni, Mark, Natalie, Stephen on 10 Jun 2016.
    • Photo: Stephen Richardson

      Stephen Richardson answered on 10 Jun 2016:

      Yes! All the time!
      There’s so many cool things that people are doing – I often have the feeling that “the grass is greener” everywhere else!
      My wife is doing a history PhD and I often think what she gets to study and write about is loads more interesting!
      But that feeling always goes away very quickly too. I love my work!

    • Photo: Mark Gowan

      Mark Gowan answered on 10 Jun 2016:

      I work on several projects at once and some may last for weeks and some for years. I have worked on about 700 projects in my 18 years since graduation, from £500 Million pound down to £10 thousand pound projects. I enjoy the variation of projects

    • Photo: Natalie Wride

      Natalie Wride answered on 11 Jun 2016:

      Hi Tjptaylor 🙂

      Yes! I love what I do but like everything some days are better than others (probably a bit like your school sometimes!) Some days if my laboratory tests won’t go right or I can’t find the bug in my computer program I think about else I could be working on – but like Stephen says ‘the grass is greener’. When I finally get something working, the satisfaction I get outweighs me wanting to do something else!

    • Photo: Jeni Spragg

      Jeni Spragg answered on 12 Jun 2016:

      Hi Tjptaylor 🙂

      Yes, it was difficult picking which project to research, so many of them sounded so interesting! My friends at work look at some cool things like how particles spontaneously burst into flames, modelling the effects of deforestation, or growing algae which could be turned into useful products. In the end I went for one that suited me best, and that had a good mix of the things I like to do.

      My job is a bit different as I am doing a PhD, which means I am focusing on one project for a few years and doing it in lots of detail. However, in many jobs you might have lots of different projects all going on at once, which keeps things interesting and varied (a bit like Mark).

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