Is Geology a Legitimate Field of Study

I was thinking of getting a B.A. in geology. I currently have no science background at all, so I would start at a community college.

I am looking for something to do with my life, a little late in life. I have a B.A. in Political Science, and well, that was fucking retarded of me. It's now been six and half years since I graduated and I have done nothing with my life. Rather than tuck my tail between my legs I figure I should just try again and study something that could actually land me a job. I had been subbing but I haven't done that in a while because I hate it and I am depressed.

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only if you commit yourself to revealing the flat earth

Is the median pay that much just because of the oil industry?

>BA
>Bachelor of arts
>Can I into le science 2 XDDDD

I don't know, but i like to masturbate to midget porn.

Get a B.S. You should preferably get masters as well because that opens up high paying jobs in oil and gas, but at least get the B.S. A B.A. is not going to get you far, honestly.

t. an employed geologist

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>goes from one meme degree to another
Jesus, its either Engineering if you are an autistic or Business if you are likeable and confident.

that's why i mentioned starting over at a community college jerk

Not sure about the jobs market in the U.S but I finished my Geo major 2 years ago and neither myself or anybody else in the year group have jobs in the field. Even the guys that went on to get PHD's struggled to find anything, even in teaching.

Depending on what sort of geology you do, it's a legit science. You'll either need to know a lot about chemistry or about structural physics to specialize in any one field.

are those the only choices? that doesn't seem very realistic

Do you have anybody who decides to get into the field with a finance background?

Is this possible?

Fuck that, environmental science has gotten me a pretty sick job.

>the engineering meme

I'll be sure to let one of the engineers that works under me know they picked one of the only two choices

>Business
>wanting to be a middle manager your entire life
If you are likeable and confident, just start a fucking business. Why would you go to college for business?

this isn't very encouraging for me. And I'm not a big science guy. I probably shouldn't study this. I am running out of options or time. My dental hygenist told me years ago to only study political science if you are planning on going to law school. I don't want to go to law school. I should probably just drive a truck

You would need a masters if you want a decent job. So you'll be studying for a while.

Also don't get a B.A. in a fucking science field. Its a joke designed to scam idiots out of money.

I've personally never seen it, but hey, why not? Are you going back to school or are you just trying to get into something geology related?

Pretty much this

If you go for geology, they will try to gunnel you into environmental of oil and gas, which are great, but don't limit yourself. You can work as a geotechnical engineer as well.That is a growing field. Bigger firms will want you to have engineering classes but a lot of smaller companies don't care.

*funnel, or

WE WUZ MINERALS N SHEEEEIT

i misspoke i meant B.S.

Take it from someone who has a ba in politics and an llb, nothing you can pay to learn in the western world will Ever land you a job.

>a """science""" that doesn't involve repeatable experiments
>Legitimate Field of Study

pick one

It's hard to get a job in the field but once you do it's a good lasting job with decent pay usually.

I've always filed it under "useful hobby work" in my head, because that's usually what any job relating to it feels like.

i was thinking about getting a certificate in GIS but a lot of those programs seem like a scam. GIS is complicated not something you can just learn in like a year. I was thinking a Geology B.S. and getting gud at GIS would help me. I don't really want to do petro engineering

>geology not legitimate
>mining

pick one

what's an llb? Also: fuck.

>almost 29 years old and is on a Japanese anime website asking for life advice

Get a trade or become a technician

In the UK there is a shortage of engineers but everybodys being pushed to go do a degree, that theres hardly any technicians

>nothing you can pay to learn in the western world will Ever land you a job.
wat

> ubuntu

kys

What did the geologist in the desert pray for?

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Morain! Ha, ha, ha!

No. There are very good jobs in GIS survey and hydrology. Gas and oil and mining, too, but the top ends are comparable in both "dark side" and "light side" areas

Should I go computer science or geology boys? I'd have to take an extra year for computer science, but I think I actually enjoy coding. It'll also condemn me to wizardry though.

only go with CS if you're good at math

if you're better with chemistry and science then go with geology or any other science of choice

well...

Get a PhD in Political Science and teach at a Uni. Greatest scam ever!

> i think i actually coding

Maybe figure that out before you choose it as a career?

do environmental science and you can concentrate in geology but still have envl science major in case other opportunities or interests begin. this degree aint easy either but not saying difficult. just cant breeze by it though you have to do well the job market is only getting more competitive in this field.

People like you and in your situation should stop looking to school for educatation. You need to bite the bullet and sign up for a trade union and apprectice or teach yourself programming, IT, this, that or the other thing.

Your "school will help" ship has long sailed.

Well I don't like many things at all, at least nothing that can be turned into a viable career, and I can't crash at my parent's place forever. For me its either decide quick or live minimum wage for years until I can afford my own classes. For me, even getting close to liking something that would otherwise count as work is very, very unusual. The only things I actually know for sure I enjoy are posting here, vidya, and occasionally writing.

>educatation

Rural retard detected.

I have a BS

I genuinely don't think there is a functional difference between BA and BS, I've certainly never seen the distinction made on a job posting, and nobody has ever brought it up in an interview

Generally they give zero fucks about a degree, unless you don't have one. If you do have one they only care if it's masters and above or a humble bachelors

Lol @ myself.

Jesus.. you don't have to work for minimum wage. Apply for all entry-level jobs your city has to offer. If you have a decent personality, car sales provide a comfy living while going to school on the side.

By city I mean city govt. They pay well above minimum wage.

I go to UC Berkeley, a B.S. in geology is not offered. Will a B.A. hurt me even if it's from Berkeley?

Probably not. Just take as much math as you can. At my school the only difference between the BS and BA was a lot less math for the BA and I think lower level chemistry

No. Your degree doesn't matter anyway. I know people from many, many disciplines working in all kinds of fields with little-to-nothing to do with their major.

Just make sure you pursue internships every summer user, and try to do research during the school year, in anything. I was a molecular bio major and I did econ research for a few quarters, just network and they'll teach you what you need to know to do it.

Good to know. Even a math degree at Berkeley is a B.A., the College of Letters and Science does not offer B.S.

I'm graduating next year but I'm too autistic to have made any connections or network, do you have any advice for finding a job after college?

Law isn't to bad either, economic/contract/corporate law is quite handy tbqh

There's a massive oversupply of lawyers in the United States.

>i was thinking about welding but im pretty clumsy outside of playing sports so im not sure im cut out for it. Really messy and unorganized

I would have to hide all sorts of power levels to become a professor. I have thought about it and decided it's not gonna happen

Apply all over, and do't limit yourself. Here is the biggest thing:Since you havent done any internships or networking (I didnt either) make sure to bring in a binder to your interviews with ALL of the papers you did in your science classes (reports, labs, etc.).

Make sure to have tables and figure and shit. They love that stuff. Did you do any research?

Just having examples of work youve done and deadlines youve met will go very far, trust me. Every interviewer I've ever had was very impressed that I brought in work that I had done.

Ah,didn't know that
The job climate for lawyers,especially corporate lawyers is decent here, the job market is quite saturated on criminal lawyers tho

I know a guy with a BS, an MS, and a PhD in very hard disciplines who makes 42k as an affiliate prof. at a verrrry good university.

Not. worth. it.

I know another guy who did some x-ray program at a random CC who makes $45/hr ($90k).

Education is a crazy place.

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I did research last semester. This is going to sound stupid but... where do I even look for job openings? Did you just look online?

Just join a frat and network

You should have a career counseling dept, an alumni network, a job board etc through your university. You can still generally attend career fairs and stuff after you graduate.

But online should be your primary resource outside of that. Indeed is a good source.

This user is 100% correct
Keep an open mind when you are looking on indeed. Don't be afraid to look into civil/geotechnical engineering firms. And don't be put off when they ask for x years of experience. Just stress the work you did in school.

wut

i think it's called x-ray tech. my friend is doing that he also has a meme degree

Also, since you did research...

-quantitative analysis
-presentations/communication
-writing
-planning
-collaboration/team-work
-time management
-smarty pants

You're qualified for most analyst positions, regardless of your concentration. Brush up on your statistics(ANOVA, t-test, chi-square, regression etc) learn some R if possible and make some cool graphs out of data sets.

You won't make 6-figs, but you depending on your location you could do well enough and be learning something new like business/finance/real estate/markets etc

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Oh and SQL

SQL + R combo is very useful

Thank you bros. I'd be happy just making $40-$50k doing anything, really. I'll be honest, I haven't really taken any hard classes, I'm actually studying environmental science, but it's under the same department as geology. But I'm getting the sense that it's all about taking what you have done and, for lack of a better word, embellishing it to sell yourself?

>sell yourself

Yes, that's exactly what you do. But keep it realistic, things you can do, or can learn to do quickly.