how long have you been a scientist???

Question: how long have you been a scientist???
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Asked by leahralph2000 to Amy on 8 Mar 2013.
- Amy Tyndall answered on 8 Mar 2013:
  
  Hmmm, well, I guess that depends entirely on your definition of what a ‘scientist’ is 🙂 I have had an interest in everything science-y since I was in primary school, and loved nothing more than mucking about with microscopes and little home chemistry sets and such. They were always my favourite subjects in secondary school, too, and I did Physics, Biology and Chemistry for my A-Levels. I LOVE all the hands-on experiments you get to do. For astronomy specifically, that started when I went to University in 2004 to do my degree, when I was 18 years old (I’m almost 27 now). I don’t think you ever stop learning when you do science as a career, though. So I guess you can say that I have always been ‘in training’ to end up where I am today, and still am 🙂

Grant commented on 8 Mar 2013:

So really I started being a proper scientist whenI started my PhD, which was when I started getting paid for it and doing real research into new stuff.

I loved science long before then, both my parents worked as scientists so maybe I was born as one!

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mrsreeves commented on 18 Mar 2013:

Hi Scientists!
Looking forward to our chat tomorrow at 09:00, technology permitting!

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Question: how long have you been a scientist???