So we can't get paid for reading... what do you do instead?

[Greg]

I'm impressed too Audrey! That's awesome! :)

[Tony]

I work as a project administrator. My degree is in Computer Science but I get to do enough database work to keep me generally happy.

[Nicky]

I'm a medical biology student; the field that the entire world is watching at the moment. Medical biologists thrive on the corona outbreak while searching for possible treatments. I'm hoping to graduate in a few weeks, actually, and then I'll be starting my master in September.
That'll be about journalism mostly, I'm aiming to become a science reporter. Doing research myself is a bit too difficult for me but I love to get the information from science magazines to 'the public' would be the perfect job, I feel. :P

[Freya, Dragon Rider]

Sounds good Nikki - it's a talent translating complex concepts into something more easily digestible but without losing meaning :)

[Nicky]

Freya wrote: "Sounds good Nikki - it's a talent translating complex concepts into something more easily digestible but without losing meaning :)"

It is! Let's hope I have that talent. ^^ you sound like you know what you're talking about!

[Freya, Dragon Rider]

Haha not at all! But I have had to liaise with organisation comms teams who are focused on tweaking words and phrasing so that things sound more exciting / understandable, but there was usually a reason for wanting to use specific wording in the original draft given to comms because changing a word for something similar can change the meaning of what you're trying to say (when you're trying to be very clear).

It's that trade off between interest/simplicity and accuracy/detail :)

[Nicky]

Freya wrote: "Haha not at all! But I have had to liaise with organisation comms teams who are focused on tweaking words and phrasing so that things sound more exciting / understandable, but there was usually a r..."
Exactly that. A single word can change the essence of a sentence completely. It's a rope that we have to delicately balance - but I've got 2 years of practice ahead of me and falling off that rope every now and then is an inevitable and even valuable part of the learning process. :P

[Freya, Dragon Rider]

Very true! Good luck with it all :)

[Nicky]

Freya wrote: "Very true! Good luck with it all :)"

Thank you so much! :)

[Kirsten]

I am a former secretary for an engineering group who is now on disability.

[Abigail]

I am working at a gym while in school to get my Certified Personal Trainers license, and nutrition health coach license.