• Question: Hi Oli how does working in the lab affect your social life?

    Asked by 262nepk36 to yoyehudi on 17 Nov 2017.
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      Yo Yehudi answered on 17 Nov 2017:

      I’m not Oli! lol. I’ll answer the question anyway since I’m not sure if Oli will see it since it was only asked of me 🙂

      I find that working where I do actually makes my social life really busy! I’m something of an introvert by nature, but I end up going to lots of conferences and doing events like talks and workshops – or like I’m a Scientist! I usually find that when I get time to myself I’m glad for a moment to relax because I’ve been so busy talking with others about how to make science better and more open.

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    Oli commented on :

    Oh wait, me! My social life now is in some ways way better (and in some ways a bit worse) than it was before I started this job/PhD. It’s way better because I don’t have to work evenings and weekends – I was a teacher before and I worked after hours all the time outside holidays. It’s also a little bit worse because I’m still getting to know people in Reading, whereas I had quite a lot of friends in Canterbury (having lived there for a few years). But some of my favourite lab/social times are when I’m with colleagues and friends just sitting with our microscopes having a chat 🙂