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re: Any wildlife majors here?

Posted on 1/20/15 at 1:40 pm to
Posted by TDsngumbo
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Member since Oct 2011
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Posted on 1/20/15 at 1:40 pm to
A Masters in that field is not going to get you ~50k unless you're in the position for around 6-10 years and continually getting small raises (which would be rare).

Graduate degrees are not what they're all cracked up to be these days. It depends on the field and employer. Continue getting your professional experience and do what the rest of our generation does - job hop until you find something you truly enjoy while following the money. Only true way to "never work a day in your life" is to own your own business while paying good, trustworthy people to run it for you (and good freaking luck with that).

I keep going back and forth between enrolling in grad school and not doing so and I keep deciding against it because at this point in my "career", I just don't see how it's going to be worth it unless I drastically change from my BA field to something else and ain't nobody got time fo dat!

Good luck and remember - it's not how much you make. It's how much you spend. I took a $17,000/year paycut from my previous job to my current one and I couldn't be happier. Once I learned how to live on what I'm making now, I felt like I hit the lottery!

This post was edited on 1/20/15 at 1:45 pm
Posted by ColoradoAg03
Denver, CO
Member since Oct 2012
6234 posts
Posted on 1/20/15 at 1:45 pm to
Go work out west in CO, WY, MT, UT with a state wildlife/fisheries agency or BLM to get some experience. Then contract yourself out to private landowners if the opportunity presents itself.

ETA: BLM has regional field offices in some pretty sweet small towns out west, if you're looking to get away from larger populations.
This post was edited on 1/20/15 at 1:49 pm
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