People often ask me...
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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
#4
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.
#6
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.
#8
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.
#9
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.