How hard is it to get a job as a scientist?

Question: How hard is it to get a job as a scientist?
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Asked by anon-240019 to Struan, Charlotte, Isabel, Douglas, David on 17 Mar 2020.
- Douglas Bray answered on 17 Mar 2020:
  
  There are many many different areas that you can get into in science and some are very difficult but there are so many variations that I think it is very possible to get a job in science if you work hard enough.

Question: How hard is it to get a job as a scientist?