Fish related jobs?

[duanes]

By the way my Microbiologist/Chemist job paid OK (not 6 figures), but did provide a pension, and benefits which allowed me to retire at age 62, and during my works years acquire enough vacation time to travel to many countries where I was able to swim with da fishes I kept.

 

[fatboy8]

most fish related jobs are not well paying. In my opinion you’re way better off getting a well paying job so you have plenty of money to spend on fish.

Anyone with a computer science degree can easily make 6 figures right out of school.

Couldn't agree more with this statement

 

[Deadliestviper7]

Fish related jobs:

Fish collector
Those tank maintenance jobs
Fish stocker
Hatchery worker
Fishbreeder

 

[Gourami Swami]

I hoped for the same thing, realized after a semester as a marine biology major that marine biology was completely a labor of love, and earning a living would be very difficult, reliant on grants, etc. So now I do real estate and spend the money I make on fish.

Something to be said for chasing your dreams though. I worked at an aquarium store in high school that I know for a fact is very profitable. This was because It was better than the other stores in the area, and the owner was incredibly passionate about the store and fish in general. And they have expanded into commercial aquarium maintenance. So, if it's really what you love, something like that would be do-able.

 

[markstrimaran]

Shrimp boat deckhand.
Professional Bass Fisherman
Deep sea diver
Waste water treatment.
Big headed carp trapper.
Fish bait dealer.
Alaskan salmon boat crew.
Trotline runner.
Clam digger.
Import fish dealer.
Welder, build tank stands. Pays the best.

With out collage list. If I only had the twin 250 hp outboards , instead of the 9.9 hp I might have made something of myself.

 

[Yoimbrian]

Another topic, if you could follow a 20 year plan

I'm a chemical engineer, and have spent the 12 years at a big company doing chemical process design - filtration / pumps / piping / etc. It's well paying, but also reasonably high stress. What my dream (delusion?) is, is that ~10 years from now I can find a large scale aquaponics facility, and use that chemical engineering skillset as the engineer for that. I'm assuming I'd take a large pay cut, but if its low stress and less hours who cares, it'd be like a mini retirement.