• Question: how long did take u get ur job that u havenow

    Asked by anon-271957 on 15 Dec 2020.
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      Sarah Smythe answered on 15 Dec 2020:

      So I am about to start a new job in the New Year! I have been studying for 9 years!

      The job I left in July, I could have done when I did my degree – so just 4 years of studying.

      I may not have had to study for 9 years to be where I am though, there are lots of different ways to do it 🙂

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      Katie Powell answered on 16 Dec 2020:

      I started my PhD (my current job!) last year when I was 26 years old, and I left school when I was 18, so more than 8 years. Many people start their PhD when they finish their masters though, so it could have been 4 years if I did that! However, I wanted to do some other things like travelling round the world and do a few different jobs before I started my PhD, which is why it took longer.

      There are lots of different ways that people can get the same job, and sometimes it takes people a long time to decide what job they want to do, which is OK! I didn’t know what I wanted to do when I left school and I’m very glad I took the time to think about it in my 20s.

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      Ashleigh Cheyne answered on 16 Dec 2020:

      I started my PhD and masters programme about 5 years ago now (so long!). I applied when I was still studying my undergraduate degree which took me probably 6 months to find the right PhD. Before that I studied my undergrad for 4 years.

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      Hugh Birkmyre answered on 16 Dec 2020:

      After graduating from uni, it took me about three-and-a-half years to get a job with the company I’m at now, which I mostly spent doing odd jobs (supermarket etc.) with a little bit of science.
      Even when I was working at the company I’m at now I kept moving about a bit, and I got promoted a pay grade after a couple of years, then I moved to the role I have now after about five years, then last year I got promoted again to another pay grade. So things don’t really stand still.

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      Kate Dobson answered on 16 Dec 2020:

      I did my BSc (3 years in Earth Science and Physics) degree at university and then did a PhD (4 years in Earth Science) at another university which was both my training to be a research scientist and my first job actually doing research. I finished my PhD in 2007 and I’ve been working as a research scientist ever since. I worked at 4 other Universities (with jobs in Materials Science, Mining, Volcanology, Earth Science, and Engineering) before getting my current job as a lecturer (which is a mixture of science and engineering research and teaching).

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      Amy Rattenbury answered on 16 Dec 2020:

      I studied at university for 4 years before finding my current job

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