A career in science:

• Allows you to be creative and curious.
• Means you will be the first person to see/discover something, which is wondrous.
• Allows you to be your own boss and explore what fascinates you (“your hobby is your work”).
• Is collaborative. You meet and work with fascinating people from around the world.
• Gives you the opportunity to travel and work abroad.
• Allows you to use your strongest skills applied to important problems. You can work acros disciplines.
• Is a way for you to help tackle critical diseases and make differences that save lives.
• Requires a lot of communication (and writing)
• Requires you to be resilient: there will be highs lows (and many failures).