how long have you been a scientist

Question: how long have you been a scientist
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Asked by haleem to Bose, Alice on 5 Mar 2016. This question was also asked by 856grte47.
- Alice Harpole answered on 5 Mar 2016:
  
  That depends how you define a scientist! A rough definition would be ‘someone who does scientific research’. In that case, I’ve been doing research since my master’s degree, which means I’ve been a scientist for about two and a half years.
  
  If however you defined a scientist as ‘someone who spends most of their time doing science’, then I’d probably go back to my A levels. You could then say I’ve been a scientist for almost 8 years!
- Benjamin Bose answered on 6 Mar 2016:
  
  Basically the same answer as Alice – have been doing research since the last year of the undergraduate degree which would make it 4 years give or take a few months 🙂 Trace that back beyond strict research would put it at about 8 years 😮
  
  The Phd years (the last 1 and a half) have really flown by though!

Question: how long have you been a scientist