When I was 18, I discovered I had been accepted to study evolutionary biology at the University of Exeter, after retaking some exams (there is no shame in doing retakes – ultimately, getting where you want to be is all that matters). I had already decided to take a year out before going to university, and decided to get some work experience, both in the laboratory and out in the field. However, I hated both.
Laboratory work was too claustrophobic for me – I was doing protein assays all day, every day. Similarly, the fieldwork, although based in the beautiful country of Madagascar, consisted of being thwacked in the face by branches while doing jungle transects for conservation research – in the middle of the night and in the rain.
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