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I dunno. I went to university to study Biochemistry, thought "what next?", decided I didn't want a job in the food industry or a pharma company. Wanted to do a PhD (it looked good, enzymes, DNA, UV, Sexy undergraduates hanging off me).
I don't really know, I stumbled into it without thinking. I love talking and reading about science and having nerdy conversations. DOING science isn't like this. It's 12+ hours a day, boring routine, hanging around with people who enjoy those things, far too much pressure to get the next grant, not enough pay.
I did it because I did well in exams at 18 and 21. That's how I became a Molecular Biologist. I thought it would be exciting and interesting, research shows that research is rarely this.