Just looked a little bit up about this field. Doesn't really seem like anything I'd be to interested in. But It does show that there are a lot of jobs that aren't DIRECTLY related to Marine/Aquatic Biology but I guess stuff similar in the same ballpark.
Careers in the Aquatic/Marine biology field.
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Just looked a little bit up about this field. Doesn't really seem like anything I'd be to interested in. But It does show that there are a lot of jobs that aren't DIRECTLY related to Marine/Aquatic Biology but I guess stuff similar in the same ballpark.
Get a job with the oil companies trying to keep the ocean clean.
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Where is the bull? Show me some data. Marine biology is a terrible field to major in if you plan on having a career that pays well.
Really this is a lifestyle question.
You can make $50,000 / year as a marine biologist, perhaps live near the ocean in a small city, work for 43 years because you love it and retire with a paid for house and some money socked away. Will your family resent being a bit less well off so that you enjoy your life while you work?
You can make $75,000 / year as a <insert here>, live in an expensive city far from the ocean, work for 38 years and retire early because you can't stand working another minute, and have a bigger house and more money socked away. Will you resent your family for choosing a career you didn't care for?
Who knows? That's a choice. You get one life and that's it. In 38 or 43 years, you will have been given a pile of cash for doing something you didn't like. If the pile of cash is really important, the career choice is meaningless. If the career choice is important, then the pile of cash is meaningless.
I don't want to make light of this, but one can downgrade his/her hopes or downgrade his/her life style. Both are possible.
You can make $50,000 / year as a marine biologist, perhaps live near the ocean in a small city, work for 43 years because you love it and retire with a paid for house and some money socked away. Will your family resent being a bit less well off so that you enjoy your life while you work?
You can make $75,000 / year as a <insert here>, live in an expensive city far from the ocean, work for 38 years and retire early because you can't stand working another minute, and have a bigger house and more money socked away. Will you resent your family for choosing a career you didn't care for?
Who knows? That's a choice. You get one life and that's it. In 38 or 43 years, you will have been given a pile of cash for doing something you didn't like. If the pile of cash is really important, the career choice is meaningless. If the career choice is important, then the pile of cash is meaningless.
I don't want to make light of this, but one can downgrade his/her hopes or downgrade his/her life style. Both are possible.
I wonder how many unemployed or underemployed marine biologists there are? Is it worth spending all that money on a college degree and then being unable to find a job in your field?
im in the same position kinda im a bio major going into dentistry, my plan is to start a breeding and distribution set up as soon as i get the funds
Your one link lists a job as an animal breeder? What does that have to do with marine biology? Your other link doesn't even mention marine biologists.
Most jobs in the marine biology field are with the government. There are not that many public companies that employ marine biologists. Sure it seems like a nice field of study to major in, but job prospects are few and far between. ThatFishPlace, one of the larger online retailers of aquarium products has 3 or 4 marine biologists on their staff. Is that the type of career one wants?
