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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
Those of you who are actual scientists... what is it like?

How did you get to being a scientist? Did you love your field from youth and then decided to pursue it?

What is it like? Is it like a daily office job, where you get into your lab in the morning, leave in the evening? Or is it a full time thing, when you spend all your day thinking about it?

Any advice if I were to become a scientist?

(I'm not sure if this is a correct subreddit to post this into, but I couldn't think of a better one)
gpt
A lot of it involves reading papers to see what's already been done in the field, and to keep up with current research. Reading a crapload of papers is a good way to familiarize yourself with a field because you start to recognize authors, trends, important papers, etc. Other than that there are experiments, analysis of data from experiments, and possibly theory or modelling depending on what kind of science you're in.

Basically the process is to get a bachelor's degree in science or engineering, then go to graduate school and eventually earn your PhD. It's really beneficial to have good grades, because that's what opens a lot of doors. It's also important to talk to people in the field, because it helps to know people.