I come from a heavy, and I mean heavy, maths and science family background.
My mum has a maths degree, my grandparents studied physics, and my great-grandad was an engineer. You can see how my path was already paved.
“Naturally” I gravitated towards physics, mainly from watching The Big Bang Theory when I was 12 years old!
Fortunately, I was reasonably good at maths and physics and achieved 4 A*’s (in maths, further maths, physics, and chemistry), 3 A’s, and 5 B’s. Not bad, but I am clearly not a genius by any stretch of the imagination.
Also, my work ethic was low, and my arrogance was very high. Not a great combo.
Given my grades, I went to study maths, further maths, physics, and chemistry for…