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Asked by anon-322873 on 24 Mar 2022.
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Alin Elena answered on 24 Mar 2022:
not very hard… it is an incremental process all you need is to be curious and like to solve problem.
you need to spend time to learn the tools you use and that can be boring some times.
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Sarah Mann answered on 24 Mar 2022:
If you enjoy asking questions and trying to figure out answers then it’s not hard!
Like any job (or thing!) there are things that different people will find more difficult, but you get better at those things with practice. -
Luke Humphrey answered on 24 Mar 2022:
I have to agree with Alin here, “incremental” is a very good word for it.
When I started my degree, I was very scared I would not be able to keep up with the maths. A friend of mine who was in his 3rd year gave the advice “treat it like a 9-5 and you will get a First” (the best grade of degree). It was very good advice because doing well is not about dramatic struggles against difficult problems, it’s about giving yourself the time to do things slowly, gradually, building on your skills and knowledge incrementally.
This also applies to intimidating projects, I’ve just finished a 60-page report that I’ve been working on for 6 months on a complex topic I had no prior experience with. That sounds so intimidating from the offset, but really it was just built up incrementally day by day. Some days all I did was reading about the topic – that’s all part of the process!
Incidentally, this is one of the main problems with secondary education in my opinion, because at school kids are overloaded with way too much work that it’s very difficult to give every subject the time it deserves, especially when you factor in hobbies, friends, family, saturday jobs, etc. This can be a problem at work too, especially when there are lots of exciting projects to get involved in, it’s very easy to spread yourself too thin. My advice would be to be very honest about how much time each project deserves from your day, and not overstretch.
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Daisy Shearer answered on 24 Mar 2022:
It’s something that happens over time! Science can be quite intimidating at times because we like to use lots of fancy words and things but nobody learns those straight away. For me, I did physics, maths and chemistry A-levels which gave me the basis for doing a physics degree which prepared me for my PhD which I’m doing now. There are days when it seems really hard because I’m creating new knowledge but that’s part of the fun of it in a way!
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Victoria Fawcett answered on 24 Mar 2022:
It wasn’t that hard because I always enjoyed science! I worked hard to be where I am today, but I think it is a myth that scientists are “geniuses”.
As long as you enjoy what you do and keep working at it nothing is too hard 🙂
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