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8371033 No.8371033 [Reply] [Original]

/sci/'s thoughts on geology as a science (or geologist as an occupation)?

>> No.8371052

>>8371033
$$$$$$$$$
but not really my thing

>> No.8371055

>>8371033
I asked a similiar question on /his/ , they consider it a science.

>> No.8371062

Work for an oil and gas company and make a good living

>> No.8371079

>>8371062
but you have to sell your soul to do so

>> No.8371182

>>8371033
absolutely pleb tier

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>>8371033
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ENHANCE!

>> No.8371190
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>>8371188
Looking at shit like this makes my sense of time and scale just go to shit completely.

>> No.8371474

>>8371033
>>8371055
>>8371188
Checked

>> No.8371488

>>8371190
Looking at shit like this makes me yearn for the next Mass Extinction.

>> No.8371502

>>8371033
stamp collecting

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>>8371062
That job market imploded a while ago.

>>8371033
Geology is interesting (I am a physicist buy I still think geology is cool) but with the oil price collapse the job market is not good.

If there is a shift to nuclear there will be a new need to locate uranium ore. Present resources are sufficient for only 20 years at planned rate of increase (10x more than present power generation).

There is always the academic career but salaries are the pits and academic politics is brutal.

You could try a safer route: study physics and take a graduate degree in geophysics.