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Human
Disease
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Labcoats
at Work
Getting Real About Getting into Science
Getting
Real About Getting into Science
Iyoshi Samaraweera
THINKING of becoming a scientist? Be prepared, it is not an easy road to travel. Becoming a scientist not only requires the investment of many years of your life to studying problems in a chosen field of interest; the job entails checking that your experiments are operational. This takes up time, energy, patience throughout implementation, and mental capacity during interpretation.
Like creating a jigsaw puzzle, you are venturing into unknown territory. However, you have to keep in mind that all scientists stand where you stand. You start perusing something you believe will be novel. One day you may think that you have made a discovery but find the breakthrough has already been made by somebody else who did not announce it to the globe until they sounded absolutely convincing.
When you work with the unknown, you cannot be certain that people are going to accept the conclusions you draw or whether you change your mind later on what your results mean. It sometimes takes more time to set up an experiment than to carry it out. Even then, not everything goes to plan.
This is why it is necessary to continually visit your data to make sure you are directing the path you travel. Make sure you keep your records safe because even if you cannot use your results, perhaps somebody else can.
Then again, if people have differing opinions from yours, they will probably be less likely to support you. Of course, being a scientist does have advantages, too. A scientist may be working in an area of expertise such that he or she travels the world to meet colleagues. However, as a scientist, you may be able to arrange your timetable to suit your lifestyle. Let me mention the fact that having a zeal for what you do keeps you on your toes.
The people
we visited have devoted their lives to studying science. It is an amazing
area to be involved in, although I may be biased, as a potential scientist.
What I am emphasising is that you have to realise what you are getting
yourself into and be prepared to tackle setbacks. It is not only you who
determines your success. It involves politics, persistence and an indefinite
amount of luck.
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