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Kate Selway Transcript ` When I was at school, English was probably my favourite subject, but I also really enjoyed science and learning about how the universe works. When I went to uni, I knew I'd enjoy studying either, but I decided to go with science, because I figured you could always carry a book around with you, but it's a fair bit harder to carry a science lab around with you.Still like science isn't all I do, though. I also really love creating clothes. So, in my spare time, I run a fashion business. When I went to uni, I picked up geology really just as a fill-in subject. I figured it wasn't going to be very interesting, it was just looking at rocks. But, instead, I discovered it's learning about all of these incredible processes that are going on in the earth.And geology has taken me to some amazing places around the world: I've worked in central Australia, in Tanzania, in India. And now look where I work. Here in Antarctica, I'm looking for a collision zone that formed when Gondwana was coming together. I've had some amazing experiences down here: flying around in helicopters, working on the ice shelf, and making friends with penguins and seals. That's pretty awesome. Whoa, what's that? Better go.
Peter O'Neill Transcript I remember playing a lot of video games as a kid and I was really drawn to the colour and the vibrancy of the computer games and the graphics, and I always wanted to do something kind of creative. But I was also quite good at the mathematics and the sciences.For as long as I can remember, we always had computers around the house and I was always interested in, you know, doodling and painting, and things, and playing music. I can remember how my brother once brought a library book back on how to make video games. And after a couple of weeks of just going through the book, I'd written my first video game. So, from then on, I just had a passion for computers and I always wanted to make video games. So I decided to study design as well as maths and physics. But design ended up being my worst subject. I was just never as good as the other guys. So it was a real eye opener for me, and I realised that I couldn't express myself creatively in that fashion.There's more to video games than just the graphics, and I was drawn to the programming side, and it still allows you to be creative. So, these days, I'm actually running a company which develops games and applications for the mobile phone. They say if you work doing something that you love, then you'll never have to work a day in your life. And I really feel like that at the moment. I feel like when I get up in the morning, that I'm not going to work, I'm going to play.And that's, you know, the ultimate form of creativity, I think, being my own boss, getting to go and do the things that I want to do and never having to answer to anyone else.
Katrina McPhail Transcript When I was at school, I had dyslexia. When I was really young, I had trouble learning to read and write properly. Towards the end of Year 10, I was really feeling the pressure that the subjects were irrelevant to what I wanted to do - which I didn't really know - but I found out about the technical college opening, and so I decided to do computer-assisted drafting.I originally just wanted to do drafting, but, through doing a programme at the college, we tried four different trades, and that's how I realised I was actually good at mechanical engineering and the practical side of metalwork. I didn't know what mechanical engineering was until I went to the college. .It's kind of about making the metal parts that go in the engines and other machinery.What I like most about studying mechanical engineering is that I get to do a lot of problem-solving as well as occasionally I get to do a little bit of design, and also getting my hands dirty, I guess. For me, dyslexia didn't really impact on what I did with my life because I didn't allow it to and I learned how to do things my own way. I'm looking forward to making the drawing rather than making the part from the drawing.
Damien Carey Gibbins Transcript I was quite into art. It was a very important part of who I was. So, when I graduated from high school, I didn't know what I wanted to do with my life, basically, and so I spent some time sort of searching for that. And I basically lived as an artist and just surfed and did art.But there was a point in my life where I just realised I needed to make a decision about what I was going to do. And my mother had quite a big influence in that because she went through, you know, dental reconstruction and she got an insight into a world that she felt was appropriate for my set of skills, in the sense that she was watching dentists that did this amazing intricate work and still had this creative side to it.I wasn't drawn to actually being a dentist, I was more drawn to the equipment that they used and the technology that surrounded it. So I began looking into engineering and, at first, I looked into studying medical engineering, and I actually found that my interests and my skills were better suited to a computer-based engineering discipline. And so I ended up working on teams that were developing laser scanners, and I specialised in digital design which is embedded computing.It has led to excellent opportunities to be in positions of leadership and to maybe pursue more managerial positions. It has a very intriguing side to it and can be very challenging, and that's what I enjoy about it.
What should I study? If you have an idea of what your dream job is, then you'll study subjects that support that. If you aren't sure yet, then it's important that you have a mix of subjects so that when you do make a decision, you've got everything you need.There is no question that maths and science are important subjects to have as part of your foundation for the future.
Whatever you decide you want to do in the future, often there are many different pathways you can take with your studies. Working out the most appropriate path for you means spending some time discovering the subjects you may need and what the most suitable courses are to set you on the right track.
