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Asked by here1sky on 19 Mar 2024.
Question: what is the hardest obstacle you had to overcome and how did you do it?
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Viviene Dela Cruz answered on 19 Mar 2024:
It was my belief that I am not cut for science and engineering. I was told by lots of people I’m not meant for engineering and I started to believe them. I studying engineering anyway and got a scientist job and I’m slowly replacing the faulty belief that I’m not cut for STEM by doing work that is cool and looking for other cool projects. I also try to be kind to myself and my family and friends are the best support I could get, which helped me get over that obstacle! 🙂
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Mark Ridgill answered on 27 Mar 2024:
I didn’t do well at A level , which made my journey into science harder. I got a job as a science technician and studied part time.
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Mahmud Juned answered on 26 Apr 2024:
I’ve been permanently kicked out of school before, and studied a masters in chemical engineering, but I still think one of the hardest things I’ve had to overcome is people. There are so many different people you will will come across, throughout school, university, work. Some will help you along the way and some you might not get along with. Some may have a good influence on your work and some may want to be a bad influence.
The advice for something like this, is to go out your way to talk to people from an early age, to practice networking. Having some customer service and sales skills are such a vital skill to maneuver your way around the work place. Sometimes, it’s not about the work you do but the people around it that can determine whether you enjoy what you do for a living. Having the skills to be able to deal with people will help you be able to successfully enjoy doing what you love!
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katiespencer commented on :
Starting my PhD just as the pandemic hit a few months later. It was extremely difficult to navigate being a new PhD student as the university shut down and all my plans were affected – on top of general stress and anxiety about covid! I had to persevere and just focus on each day at a time rather than thinking long term and about everything that was going wrong. Having a good community of people around me really helped.
Clare commented on :
I wasn’t very well during my PhD (a research degree) so I had to have a year off and study part time. It would have been really easy to give up and I’m really proud that I completed it! Getting that degree has enabled me to do my current job which I (mostly!) love.