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Dang this thread is like a class reunion

We've talked about this before and if I had to do it again I think I would have skipped grad school and gotten two undergrad degrees forestry/wildlife option and engineering. Just so happens that would be very helpful in my current position. But like everybody else has said, the job market is tough in this field, experience pays dividends, and you wont get rich. But your job can be very rewarding and something you look forward to every day.

litlhitch wrote:. Ask him bout the time he drove around Starkville for a month with a "I love gay sex" bumper sticker on his truck till some hot girls stopped him in WalMart parking lot and asked him if he really liked gay sexv

Ha I forgot about that... and it was foodmax jackazz

Like Matt said, you need to co-op. You can go an extra two+ years and get your masters, but you will only get about a 12-15% increase in pay, and you will owe about 20 grand in loans. However, if you co-op, you wont owe a dime, and it will only take you about and extra year. Plus you will be guaranteed a job and start out 2 levels higher. Learn from my mistake, CO-OP. Since it's so many of us on here, what the hell was Dan Mullen thinking Saturday, I about knocked a hole in the wall.

DON'T DO IT!

Just kidding. I enjoyed my few years in the field, but in the end it's too much work, not enough money, and you're busiest times are during hunting season, when you will be dying to go do some hunting yourself.

If I could do it over, I would go one of two directions:

1. Nursing - As gay as being a male-nurse may sound, they make a ton of money, and can afford duck leases, vacations, etc. The demand is high, so you can always find a job, even without a graduate degree. Plus, you get to do something that is helping people in a very real, tangible way.

or 2. Civil Engineering - My best friend is an engineer for the Georgia Department of Transportation and he has it made. He gets basically 6 weeks worth of paid time off a year, plus whatever comp time he accumulates, which means he can take off almost any time he pleases. The pay isn't the best, but it's more than you'll make in wildlife, and you can always go into the private sector if you are willing to put in more hours for more pay.

In Wildlife 101 one of my professors told us, "You either need to accept the fact that as a wildlife biologist you won't be able to hunt and fish as much as you like and you will be paid in sunrises and sunsets, or you need to find a job that is going to pay you plenty of money so you can afford to enjoy the outdoors in your time off. You can't have it both ways."

DanP wrote:

litlhitch wrote:. Ask him bout the time he drove around Starkville for a month with a "I love gay sex" bumper sticker on his truck till some hot girls stopped him in WalMart parking lot and asked him if he really liked gay sexv

Ha I forgot about that... and it was foodmax jackazz

How could you have forgotten about that. I mean i know there was some long nights on the gravel roads of winston county for you but gee that was a pretty big ordeal.

or how bout the time you clicked reply to all

wingman21 wrote:or how bout the time you clicked reply to all

easy now I still have nightmares, best college prank in history and I pulled it on myself