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Originally Posted by Adrya
Ditto. That's one of my biggest complaints. My other one is that the programs in my major (well, my major in general) are so focused on fisheries. I know more about fish than I do big game or other wildlife and I STILL have some fish classes left to take.  I mean fish are cool and all, I like fish, but not THAT much. It's too much fish! |
Funny, we have one fisheries class and that's actually an choice: avian bio or fisheries. Well I didn't want to take fisheries and there was a class conflict with avian bio so I took an animal behavior class instead. My classes at UF are focused on managing large scale: habitats, landscapes, metapopulations, etc. It's a conservation driven major instead of how some others are more game and hunting management.
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Originally Posted by gdwsfreak88
I'm 20, and I work full-time. I was going to a tech school for graphic design right after I graduated, but couldn't stand the school. So I dropped out after 6 months (and about $9,000 later..), and now just work to pay back the loans. Once I'm halfway done paying them back, I'm going to a REAL school for Bio Edu. I would really enjoy a field job, but I don't think I could leave my collection for more than a week. They're my kids!!
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You can have a field biologist job and still have your animals! I intend to! I'll still have my small breeding business on the side and hopefully find job(s) with the state, water management districts, and others doing data collection near to where I live. I did a 6 month job an hour south of me. I got up when I wanted to, drove the hour down south, checked my herp traps, left at dark, and back in time to take care of animals or whatnot. So it is attainable, you'll just have to keep searching!
