• Question: Is there anywhere or anyone you really want to work with?

    Asked by seen522tors on 26 Feb 2025.
    • Photo: Rachel Edwards

      Rachel Edwards answered on 26 Feb 2025:

      I’ve been really lucky to have travelled a lot to work with different people – I’ve worked in the UK, the Netherlands, the USA, and travelled to a lot more countries to present my results from experiments. It’s a lot of fun – but right now I have two small kids and I’m really happy working just two miles away from home 🙂

    • Photo: Martin McMahon

      Martin McMahon answered on 17 Mar 2025:

      I’ve travelled all over the world, but would like to spend more time in Africa and South America.
      I think it would be cool to work with anyone that is a creative thinker.

    • Photo: Caroline Roche

      Caroline Roche answered on 11 Apr 2025:

      I’ve done projects with many of the big names in the fission nuclear industry so it would be nice to do some projects in the fusion industry.

    • Photo: Sam Gilbert

      Sam Gilbert answered on 16 Jun 2025:

      If I could go back in time, it would be Alan Turing for me.

      I do work with a really great small team (6 of us) and between us all it feels there is nothing we cant do. This makes work enjoyable and I never feel lost or out of my depth but I always feel I have a valuable contribution.

Comments

  • Photo: Edward

    Edward commented on :

    There are some places that can be really really cool in your field. For instance, if you like maths and cryptography, working at GCHQ could be really exciting. I’ve been lucky in that whilst I have mostly worked in the same place, I have been able to travel and see some cool places. I have had a tour of the Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier and walked on the flight deck. I had the Top Gun theme in my head all the time!

    But really, the BEST places to work are those where your colleagues and collaborators are friendly, helpful, work together on a problem and are willing to support each other. More money in a horrid environment simply isn’t worth it.