• Question: what were your previous jobs?

    Asked by shaay to Laura, Lily, Mark, Paul, Sarah on 22 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Lily Asquith

      Lily Asquith answered on 21 Jun 2010:

      When my daughter was a baby and I first started studying I used to work in a creche. I also worked as a learning support assistant with autistic children in a primary school. All the time I was a student (8 years) I have worked on and off as a barmaid to earn some extra cash.

    • Photo: Laura Maliszewski

      Laura Maliszewski answered on 21 Jun 2010:

      I’ve had a lot of jobs. I was a researcher studying HIV for my post doc. I’ve also worked in a shoe store, mowed lawns and managed the propagation of fruit flies for a lab class.

    • Photo: Mark Roberts

      Mark Roberts answered on 21 Jun 2010:

      Previously I have worked in my spare time as a theatre technician, but apart from that have always been a scientist

    • Photo: Sarah Bardsley

      Sarah Bardsley answered on 21 Jun 2010:

      I’ve been a receptionist, waitress, fruit packer, cleaner, sandwich maker, bar woman. These jobs were mostly part time jobs I had when I was a teenager or when I was travelling around Australia. Quite a mix!

    • Photo: Paul Roche

      Paul Roche answered on 22 Jun 2010:

      Over the years, I’ve been:

      a barman in a rugby club (summer job)
      a bouncer in a nightclub (student job)
      a steelworker (summer job in South Wales)
      a geophysicist (job after graduation, with Shell)
      a gym instructor (student job)
      a martial arts instructor (evening “job” now)
      …and a scientist (day job now)

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