The girl on the train

 The girl on the train

Oh I don’t know I did a degree in biochemistry at Salford same as you. I took my final final on my 22nd birthday.  then I got a job doing chemical analyses in a lab at a water company. I was 23. then I started doing research for the same company in addition to the analyses. and then I was promoted to supervisor of the laboratory technicians that were doing the chemical analyses I used to do, Plus also managing the ISO 9001 quality system the documentation and control of that system and auditing and the research at two sites. then I moved to training laboratory technicians for a second water company and training that second water company to do the research. Additionally that second water company bought the original company I worked for and I was responsible for calculating the costs and value of the company and the scientific work we did, which resulted In a big advantage in the sale of that company; they made a saving of 50% of the expected cost due to my work, which was a huge financial benefit to the company I work for. I was 26.

Then I moved into pure research working for the original company through an agency. and there I met people who were doing a PhD. that inspired me to make a phone call to the University to ask if they had any PhDs available that was suitable and I became a doctoral candidate. I understand that this is an unorthodox approach to applying for a PhD and it just goes to show.

That led to my being sponsored by a technological company to do research for them to develop a treatment process. prior to that I had been doing research on clean water and activated carbon a process for cleaning clean water. And this expanded me to expertise in industrial effluent too, and also it led to my attending conference as a delegate. they were international conferences but held in this country as I didn’t  have the means to travel internationally. however this was actually an advantage as international delegates came to me. Whereas at the international conferences abroad, British delegates found that they met other British delegates, as the attraction to the international foreign conferences as what they really wanted was a jaunt abroad. so it turns out there is greater value in remaining here and allowing the international delegates to come to me. it led to my self publishing several papers.  and on obtaining my PhD at 29 I returning to my original water company where I was placed on the fast track track graduate program. over the next four years I gained the competences to become a chartered chemical engineer. after which I gained a better job within the company and began to earn the kind of money I was pleased with, was able to buy my house and start a family without the assistance of a husband and these things have made me proud. 

10 years in and I have raised my son to 10 years old and supported him until he passed his 11+. 

And now I am ready for a new challenge.

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