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Old 04-07-2009 | 05:50 AM
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...what does a geologist do?

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, it's all true.
 
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Old 04-07-2009 | 09:52 AM
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How did you go about finding a job in this field? I wouldnt think there would be a high demand.
 
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Old 04-07-2009 | 09:58 AM
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My buddies dad was a geologist and worked for a few small oil companies. He could tell by doing core samples of soil and rocks where oil would most likely be. And the companies would drill and find oil, natural gas pockets, etc. He made REALLY good money. haha
 
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Old 04-07-2009 | 10:14 AM
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How did you go about finding a job in this field? I wouldnt think there would be a high demand.
There's always a big demand, although not so much since the markets crashed. It tends to be boom/bust though, Up until last fall 10 hours a day in the office wasn't enough to keep up. I work in exploration consulting (looking for the next big deposit), and despite the market falling out from under us there's still work. I got interested in geology because the town I grew up in was a mining town, and there were rock outcrops everywhere.

Mines always need geologists as well, as well as the oil and gas sector. So the majority of jobs are in exploration, and mining, but there are other, less common opps as well. Headed off to Madagascar for work in a couple of weeks for a few months hopefully.
 
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Old 04-07-2009 | 10:24 AM
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Do you enjoy working as a geologist? Was it your first choice or was it some kind of fall back?
 
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Old 04-07-2009 | 10:41 AM
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It was my first choice, I liked the program because it required taking courses from almost every science discipline. As far as being a geologist, it's love/hate thing, you're often away for months at a time, in a really cool, or really crappy location. Get to fly in a lot of cool helicopters and bush planes no matter where you end up though, always a bonus. I've been stuck in the office for almost two years now, so I'm itching to get out in the field. Get to see more of the world, but will likely miss my daughter's birthday.
 
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Old 04-07-2009 | 11:02 AM
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How much schooling did it require?
 
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Old 04-07-2009 | 11:27 AM
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How much schooling did it require?
4 years for a BSc. I work with a couple of guys who got their master's (a couple more years), and the occasional PhD (a few more years), but typically PhD's are academic types.
 
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Old 04-07-2009 | 11:31 AM
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Being from Houston, a center for the oil industry, I have made a few geologist friends. One of them prioritizes locations for family vacations on places where he can explore for rare rocks. Needless to say, this activity is shunned by his family.
 
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Old 04-08-2009 | 11:01 AM
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Maybe its time to ditch heating and cooling and become a geologist lol. The falling economy has cut my hours almost in half.
 


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