Carrer Choice Question
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jerthunter
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Originally Posted by mattster
thanks for the advice everyone, keep it coming
and lets say i get my masters in biology and i decide i do not want to do marine bio, what are my other options as a biology major
I suppose it depends a little on what you specialize in for your master degree but there are plenty of possibilities. You could work in a hospital or a lab, teaching but that usually requires a certification, or you could probably cross over into a enviromental scientist type field.
thanks for the advice everyone, keep it coming
and lets say i get my masters in biology and i decide i do not want to do marine bio, what are my other options as a biology major
I suppose it depends a little on what you specialize in for your master degree but there are plenty of possibilities. You could work in a hospital or a lab, teaching but that usually requires a certification, or you could probably cross over into a enviromental scientist type field.
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jrthomas40
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of course there is always teaching...if you decided you didnt want to do marine biology..there is always medical biology, ecology, forestry, freshwater fisheries, aquaculture ( really helpful if you love aquariums) finding ways to protect the wild specimens by "farm raising"...HUGE FIELD right now...um biochemical stuff, forensic stuff...i could probably list a few more if i thought harder...umm good marine biology schools...Texas A&M...University of South Alabama, University of Southern mississippi...those are just a few that i am considering for my phd in the MARINE SCIENCES
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jrthomas40
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forgot to mention that you could also work at a public aquarium or sea world...i have a friend working at disneyworld now as an aquatic care specialist i think is the title...and she gets to dive with the animals almost daily...there is an internship to work for disney your seinor year doing animal care...http://www.wdwcollegeprogram.com/sap...BioScience.pdf
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jrthomas40
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only reason i missed not getting that internship was because i had never taken an anatomy or physiology class
tangman99
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There are a few careers that you can make $150K a year at, but you will have to work a few years to get there. When you consider that only a little over 5% of household incomes (that's combined with a spouse's income) in the U.S. are over $150K, it's a lofty goal for an individual. Now by the time you get through high school, college and work about 10 years, that won't be near as much as it is today.
And take the advice that was given about working a job you enjoy rather than one that pays the most. I used to be a road warrior all week working in some city across the country and I would come home on weekends. The money was awesome, but I had no personal life. I now work a local job where I seldom work more than a 40 hour weeks and I am home with my family every night. Watching my child grow up is more important.
For those of you that are interested in working in I.T., I will give you some advice that will greatly improve your career possibilities. I have been in I.T. for many years at many different levels (Analyst, programmer, Manager, CEO, and now Solutions Architect). Being just a technical person is not going to pay off salary wise in the future. You can make a good living being a programmer or Network Engineer, but you are going to cap out relatively soon salary wise as the global economy limits you. I can hire high school Java developers or college interns for almost nothing and many companies are off shoring development these days. The money is in knowing the industry you are involved with intimately. I can outsource programming all day long, but I can't outsource understanding the business that needs you to tell it what solutions it needs to put in place to compete and survive.
There is also another level you need to achieve if you want to break into that kind of money and it has nothing to do with the skill sets you get in college or learn early in a career. If you are interested, there is a book called "What got you here won't get you there." It's worth it's weight in gold.
And take the advice that was given about working a job you enjoy rather than one that pays the most. I used to be a road warrior all week working in some city across the country and I would come home on weekends. The money was awesome, but I had no personal life. I now work a local job where I seldom work more than a 40 hour weeks and I am home with my family every night. Watching my child grow up is more important.
For those of you that are interested in working in I.T., I will give you some advice that will greatly improve your career possibilities. I have been in I.T. for many years at many different levels (Analyst, programmer, Manager, CEO, and now Solutions Architect). Being just a technical person is not going to pay off salary wise in the future. You can make a good living being a programmer or Network Engineer, but you are going to cap out relatively soon salary wise as the global economy limits you. I can hire high school Java developers or college interns for almost nothing and many companies are off shoring development these days. The money is in knowing the industry you are involved with intimately. I can outsource programming all day long, but I can't outsource understanding the business that needs you to tell it what solutions it needs to put in place to compete and survive.
There is also another level you need to achieve if you want to break into that kind of money and it has nothing to do with the skill sets you get in college or learn early in a career. If you are interested, there is a book called "What got you here won't get you there." It's worth it's weight in gold.
