• Question: do you enjoy seeing the satisfaction your work brings to peoples lives?

    Asked by laceyann to Nazim, Leila, Catherine, Adam on 14 Mar 2012.
    • Photo: Adam Stevens

      Adam Stevens answered on 12 Mar 2012:

      My work doesn’t exactly give satisfaction in people’s lives – it’s a bit abstract compared to that, so it’s hard to make out if it’s making a difference.

      However, it definitely gives me satisfaction, and I also enjoy it when I can get other people excited about it as well!

    • Photo: Leila Battison

      Leila Battison answered on 12 Mar 2012:

      I think the most important thing about doing science, is the chance to tell other people about it, or change their lives in some way. It makes me really angry when old dusty scientists take public money and don’t care whether anyone knows about their work.

      I like doing science, but for me, the whole point of the work I do, is telling other people about it, and hearing people go ‘Wow!’. It’s not worth doing otherwise!

    • Photo: Catherine Rix

      Catherine Rix answered on 12 Mar 2012:

      I enjoy my work and I also really enjoy talking to other people about my work, including non-scientists. It’s great to see people getting excited about science

    • Photo: Nazim Bharmal

      Nazim Bharmal answered on 14 Mar 2012:

      Only very few people directly see what I do, and even less benefit directly. But we do buy a lot of special equipment that supports manufacturing and hi-tech industries in the UK. So we do help the economy, and help keep Britain making high technology things. (We also buy a lot from Europe and America too 🙂 )

Comments