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Transcript: There are as many different paths to a career in science as there are people. It's a mistake to think that there is some unitary path. I think it begins with some fundamental curiosity about the way things work. I think what was the most important for me was to get over the fear that you weren't smart enough, or the fear that this was something that you couldn't do. There are a lot of roadblocks that are put in the way of people who want to have a career in science, not the least of which is that it's too difficult. It's too abstract. It's too complicated. You can't do it. I've found that some of the most important things that I learned along the way was that a lot of those things turned out not to be true. That people have a greater capacity to do this than they think. That this is accessible to more people than you imagine — if you are unafraid. And also there are certain very practical traits that it takes to have a successful career in science. You have to know how to buckle down and concentrate on something. How to do ordinary procedures at the bench. So self-discipline comes into it. Tenacity. And common sense is an important part of this, especially for an experimental science like biology. You know, it isn't all just thinking great thoughts and abstraction; there is a lot of rolling up your sleeves and getting the job done. Back to Video Back to Becoming a Scientist Home |
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