• Question: is it stressfull being a scientits

    Asked by emiller to Nick, Carla, Madgie, Vicky, Werner on 14 Nov 2013. This question was also asked by haydyn123.
    • Photo: Werner Muller

      Werner Muller answered on 14 Nov 2013:

      yes, specially during chatting with many students at the same time. It is really challenging to answer all questions, this is why there is the ask button on this system.

    • Photo: Marlene Lorgen

      Marlene Lorgen answered on 14 Nov 2013:

      Sometimes it can be, but I would say that this is true of any job. The times when it is most stressful is when you spend a long time doing an experiment and it doesn’t work!

    • Photo: Nick Groves-Kirkby

      Nick Groves-Kirkby answered on 14 Nov 2013:

      It’s usually not that stressful, because I have a lot of control over what work I do and when.

      Having said that, there are times when lots of deadlines hit at once, and I realise I haven’t done enough work to prepare. These things happen in most jobs, but are still stressful.

    • Photo: Vicky Forster

      Vicky Forster answered on 19 Nov 2013:

      Hello,

      Yes, it can be stressful being a scientist. It can be very frustrating when experiments aren’t working and you have to try and keep calm so that you can work out what the problem is. I think any job can be stressful though as Marlene says. I wouldn’t say that my job is any more stressful than that of my non-scientist friends.

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