The enthusiasm of kids is so refreshing. It's lovely to remember a time when the world was so new and full of wonder. One of the great things to hear at public nights is "Dad! Dad!!! I saw Jupiter!"
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Originally Posted by Satchmo
Would you seriously be happy spending your life as a sparky if your love was science ? Work satisfaction is not about money ....I've lived for years below the official poverty line to do the work I love ...
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Quite true. Before I went to uni I spent some time in 'blue collar' jobs and was like a fish out of water. Not so much that I hated the work (but that too at times) but I just didn't fit in. At one place I was nick-named 'the professor' because I knew so much more than anyone else - although at the time I had only high school science and my love of astronomy. I also found I didn't fit in culturally - music, art, reading etc. I'm still a bit of an odd bod here but not nearly to the same degree. Of course the downside of working yourself into a specialist niche job is that when it turns sour there is absolutely no where to go.