{"id":789,"date":"2018-09-19T09:02:03","date_gmt":"2018-09-19T14:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dunescience.org\/facesofdune\/?page_id=789"},"modified":"2018-09-20T11:54:16","modified_gmt":"2018-09-20T16:54:16","slug":"kirsty-duffy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dunescience.org\/facesofdune\/kirsty-duffy\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirsty Duffy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kirsty Duffy<\/strong><\/div>\n
Near Detector design<\/strong>
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I think doing what you’re interested in is always more important than doing what you think you should do. I wasn’t from a kid like, \u2018I am going to be a physicist.’ I thought all that physics stuff was very interesting, but that I would grow out of it and get a proper job. I thought that I should be a lawyer or a doctor because those were considered \u2018good jobs.’ I’m kind of squeamish, so doctor was out and so I thought, \u2018Well, I guess I’ll go to University and do Law.’ I went to a university fair and spoke with a Lawyer who told me to do something I liked for undergrad, and then follow law after that. So, I came home and decided I would do physics. I thought I would leave after my undergrad to go pursue law and get a proper job. But, I didn’t \u2013 I stayed for my masters\u2026 and then my PhD. So, I did the kind of standard way into physics, which I think makes me seem a lot more certain than I ever was. But I think at some point I realized that I was basically fighting against myself, trying to talk myself out of physics.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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