Hi everyone,

Sometimes I am asked to mention the most exciting moment or part of my research works, I often say that I was excited first time I know how to work with command lines in Linux. However I think might be there is a specific purpose behind asking this question. What would you reply if you asked so?

Thank you very much

I believe that is a common job interview question, in general, it is used to check with the candidate what are his/her expectations and what consider important in his/her career. It also depends on the background, a biologist entering into bioinformatics will be excited about CS stuff and vice-versa. So, there is no correct answer, just be sincere. 

On my particular case, I am constantly excited but I can highlight:

 - Learning the command line
 - Learning to code
 - The first time I use an HPC
 - The first paper in a high-impact journal