I think that fishkeeping is best left as simply a hobby. I dont think i would enjoy a career because of the cheap wages.
Careers in the Aquatic/Marine biology field.
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What amazing career did you pick instead of marine biology?
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I got a degree in mathematics with a minor in biology and accounting. Worked as a budgetary accountant for a few years before starting my own business.
Today, too many kids go to college and choose a major that has little employment opportunities. Why spend all the money on a good education and then end up in a low paying job?
In other words, 153 million people mistakenly chose not to be a plastic surgeon. Most doctors choose NOT to be plastic surgeons. Most scientists choose NOT to be lawyers or doctors.
People have other things in mind besides making the most money possible like job satisfaction, job location, job hours, family, travel, prestige, personal hobbies, etc.
Lifestyle choice. Not sure why the concept is hard. People make choices every day where $$$ is not the most important factor.
http://www.myplan.com/careers/top-ten/highest-paying.php
Here's a list of the top 300 paying jobs in the US.
With no exception, every person working every job, had the ability to move up to a higher paying job 10-20+ slots higher than where they chose. They chose differently.
Medical scientist (88). Most could have become a veterinarian (69.)
Aerospace engineer (49). Most could have become an air traffic controller (29.)
Physicists (26). Most could have become an orthodontist (4).
3 Jobs (ranked 93, 108, 109) have the word marine in them. Most be horrible professions since there are higher paying jobs like financial analyst or transportation director!
People have other things in mind besides making the most money possible like job satisfaction, job location, job hours, family, travel, prestige, personal hobbies, etc.
Lifestyle choice. Not sure why the concept is hard. People make choices every day where $$$ is not the most important factor.
http://www.myplan.com/careers/top-ten/highest-paying.php
Here's a list of the top 300 paying jobs in the US.
With no exception, every person working every job, had the ability to move up to a higher paying job 10-20+ slots higher than where they chose. They chose differently.
Medical scientist (88). Most could have become a veterinarian (69.)
Aerospace engineer (49). Most could have become an air traffic controller (29.)
Physicists (26). Most could have become an orthodontist (4).
3 Jobs (ranked 93, 108, 109) have the word marine in them. Most be horrible professions since there are higher paying jobs like financial analyst or transportation director!
Because its what you love to do. I majored in music which is horrible for career opportunities but it's what i am and what I do. I never really thought about how much money I would make as long as I could do something that I loved. My cousin teaches High School History and passed up quite a few higher paying jobs because he loves teaching history.
Ironically, my plan b was to be a marine biologist and my folks were pissed that I chose the weaker field. Lol
Quality of life is not defined by money alone.
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Budgetary accounting... Yeah, I'd much rather do that and make a few more bucks than something like marine biology.
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I live in Canada. Aquatic biologists get alot of money and great jobs through the oil and mining sector. There isn't very much money coming from the government towards it because we don't have a huge game fishing tourism, but the mines and oil companies will pay you alot of money. Here they hire Aquatic biologists to monitor water pollution and fish diseases around mines. There is jobs, you just have to look for them, and maybe not in the states.
