Realistically, what are the chances of landing a self sustaining career on zoology?
What is there to expect for someone in the state of Louisiana and how do you go about becoming one
They told me I should do what I love for a living and I want to fuck around in the woods for money
Look into being a park ranger. Fuck around in the woods all day and make sure idiots and drunk kids don't set the trees on fire.
>>16891288
I honestly can't say. Maybe in the Forest Service? They need foresters, biologists, environmental scientists of all sorts, and probably zoologists too.
I hear you can get mad jobs if you aren't afraid of moving far away.
>>16891302
Isn't this true of any field?
My first career I was a biologist. I gave it up to work on ships, after getting tired of being poor.
It's a calling, certainly. Jobs are out there. Well paying jobs are not. Having to choose between say, paying the electric bill or the water bill isn't something a person with a graduate education should have to contemplate, but being a zookeeper, animal minder or zoologist is among the lower-paying careers as a biologist.
LA has some decent jobs with the state if you are into ecology, which is a related field. All that swampland requires careful management, believe it or not, at least it does to keep the uneducated treehuggers from suing the state every time someone runs over a nutria rat.
Forestry, environmental police work, game warden work, things like that pay better, and law-enforcement jobs, while harder to get, are by no means impossible and will, with seniority, pay a living wage.
Tangentially, biology is a fusion science. If you get a feel for ecology, chemistry and lab work, you'll qualify for other jobs that are also pretty interesting with some experience. While I do not use my degrees anymore, they did teach me critical thinking skills that are useful in all aspects of life.
