Chemist's life requires dedication, sacrifice and adaptability as possessed by the pioneers of this field, which only comes with perseverance and time.
If you are new in this field than following realities will be a guiding light to you.
1. Creativity, carefulness and productivity are the basic ingredients of a chemist
2. They analyse the basic properties of matter, formulate theories and prove them with experiments.
3. Over 60 percent if chemist time is spend in the lab or in-front of computers, analyzing the data
4. Team work skills are essential in this field because most work is done in teams
5. We know chemist as a general, but mostly chemist are specialized in specific field, like forensic chemist, clandestine chemist, oil refinery chemist and more.
6. Chemist work closely with other experts like chemical engineers, academic specialist, sales force, biologist etc
7. They can tell you if a metal is real or not
8. They don't spend a lot of time hanging out with other chemists, but do spend a lot of time reading about them. History of is full of chemist who were self taught like Marie Curie, John Dalton, Michael Faraday.
9. They are challenged, excited and satisfied with the profession. The challenges , unthinkable possibilities to work on always keep them on their toes and keeps them satisfied with profession
10. They have to work on their interpersonal skills as well to get better jobs.
11. They have vast field to grow, expand and discover new horizons
12. They spend their whole life in research.
13. Their eyes are always on future and how to make it better
