• Question: have you had any other jobs before

    Asked by harrypotterunicorn23 to Todd, Sophie, Alejandra on 6 Mar 2017.
    • Photo: Sophie Cox

      Sophie Cox answered on 6 Mar 2017:

      Since university I’ve always worked as an Engineer. Before that I did lots of work experience placements and had a few part-time jobs. For work experience I worked at a stock brokers, solicitors, and in a IT firm. As part-time work I’ve worked as a waitress, bar staff, at waitrose and at superdrug.

    • Photo: Alejandra Aranceta

      Alejandra Aranceta answered on 6 Mar 2017:

      Hi Harry Pottern Unicorn 23! (I like your name!)

      Yes, before being a researcher in the UK, I worked in Mexico trying to develop technology for the National Institute of Rehabilitation. I worked there for 1.5 years, until I decided to do my PhD in Glasgow.

    • Photo: Todd Burton

      Todd Burton answered on 9 Mar 2017:

      A fair few part time jobs: Paper boy, KFC, bartender, waiter, promotions.

      I worked for B. Braun medical for a summer placement while at university which was my first exposure to a big company, and now a PhD in Edinburgh.

Comments

  • Photo: Daniel

    Daniel commented on :

    I’ll jump on this one too!
    I’ve worked in a call centre for a loan broker company, a sports shop, a carer, a ventilation company, a broadband technical support role, and then in the lab since then! Started as a lab technician in a biotechnology company, then was Research and Development Scientist, and now the PhD! I want to have my own research group one day, and I’d love to stay in this field!

  • Photo: Ana

    Ana commented on :

    My current job (Materials Engineer in Prosthetics) is my first proper real job as an engineer.
    I did have a short internship working in the Quality Control lab of a company that manufactures Roofing Tiles for houses and buildings. It was quite cool because I got to see the production line (imagine mud/clay being turned into tiles that will keep you warm and dry from the rain and bad weather) and I was quite hands-on in quality checks techniques.

    Whilst I was in University I worked in a couple of shops part-time: one was Decathlon (selling sports-wear, watches and nutrition goods) and also in a Petro Station, working at the till.
    I have also worked in the equivalent of the BBC in Spain (RTVE). I was working as a production assistant in the dubbing department. I did this for two summers.

    Colourful!