• Question: what would you have done if you didn't end up in the jobs you have now?

    Asked by conn96 to Alan, Caspar, Diana, Murray, Sarah on 21 Mar 2011 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Alan Winfield

      Alan Winfield answered on 14 Mar 2011:

      Well I’ve always loved the sea (I was brought up in the middle of the Midlands so was always excited by trips to the seaside – and still am!). When I was doing my A-levels at school I promised myself that if I failed them I would apply to join either the Navy, or the Merchant Navy. Although I’m very happy that I passed my A-levels, went to University and ended up doing what I’m doing now, I do sometimes wonder what my life would have been like if I’d gone to sea instead.

    • Photo: Caspar Addyman

      Caspar Addyman answered on 16 Mar 2011:

      I used to work in Banks writing computer code to help them trade on the stock markets and currency markets. It was quite good fun for a while but then I got bored of it because I wasn’t learning anything new. That taught me that it is more important to have a job that really love doing and that keeps challenging you. Being a scientist is always about learning new things.

      But if I wasn’t a scientist I’d quite like to be a chef.

    • Photo: Sarah Thomas

      Sarah Thomas answered on 17 Mar 2011:

      I like that question! I think if I couldn’t do anything sciency at all, I would either be a stuntperson or a musician (violin). Or maybe something in the media, like writing articles.

    • Photo: Murray Collins

      Murray Collins answered on 21 Mar 2011:

      I would have loved to continue to be a photographer. I love it! Maybe as a travel journalist 🙂

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