• Question: Would you do the work you do at the moment even if you didn't get paid at all for it?

    Asked by bamawkwardturtlebabies3 to David, Luna, Mark, Melanie, Probash on 19 Mar 2011 in Categories: .
    • Photo: David Pyle

      David Pyle answered on 18 Mar 2011:

      Probably, though I couldn’t afford to.

    • Photo: Melanie Stefan

      Melanie Stefan answered on 19 Mar 2011:

      If I didn’t get paid at all for it, it would be difficult. I love what I do, but eating and paying the rent are also very important! I would probably try and work a lot and save a lot of money for a few years, and then turn back to science.

    • Photo: Luna Munoz

      Luna Munoz answered on 19 Mar 2011:

      I guess I would, because I definitely did not choose this job for the money. After uni, I moved to Los Angeles, California, where I ended up working for the music industry in North Hollywood/Burbank. My boss said I could easily move up the ranks and end up as vice president (who made more money than I’ll ever see) within a few years. It was a good paying job with big Christmas bonuses! My coworkers thought I was nuts to leave the job to go do postgraduate work. I think I needed to have that job, so that I knew what other options there were in life. I made a choice to go into science because I loved it. I didn’t just want a job, I wanted a job that would become my life. I think it’s a personal choice.

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