At work, do you do just what you want to do and if you find something, you just experiment it more? Or do you have

Question: At work, do you do just what you want to do and if you find something, you just experiment it more? Or do you have specific tasks to do?
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Asked by lisaspencer to Andrew on 16 Nov 2011.
- Andrew Cairns answered on 16 Nov 2011:
  
  I guess your description is pretty accurate. As a PhD student I do see my supervisor on a daily basis though, and often he will have ideas for me to try. I can say yes or no to these, depending on my mood!
  
  At the moment I also have more specific tasks to do, like organising our laboratory for younger members of the group to use, ordering equipment and supervising new people.

Question: At work, do you do just what you want to do and if you find something, you just experiment it more? Or do you have specific tasks to do?