swords3711

So, I am currently a sophmore in high school and this past week, we had our registration for next year. and this got me thinkin. What should I do for college.

So if I weren't able to get any scholarships anywhere, I would go into woodworking which was my original plan.

But now that I thought, why should I let any scholarship opportunities go to waste. So I decided that I 'd go into Marine Biology.

But after realizing that well there ain't no oceans all that close to Nebraska...lol...I dug deeper. So now I think I've figured it out...Aquaculture.

This is the process of catching fish from lakes. streams, rivers etc, breeding them, raising the fry to adults, all while seperating those that were dead, deformed etc, and restocking the waters with these fish.

Another good thing is that I could make $49,000 a year opposed to the $31,500 a year plus the risk of serious injury in woodworking.

Any opinions, advice etc. would be apreciated.

Chief_waterchanger

I would advise you to be careful with price labels on jobs. Saying Job1 will pay 49k whereas job2 will only pay 31k is a good rule of thumb, but don't be shocked if those jobs don't pay that. Some jobs can do worlds higher in pay if you are good enough at it, others may pay next to nothing no matter how good you are.

My advice is to do what you care the most about and be careful not to go just for money.

There was a great philosopher that said if you enjoy what you do you never work a day in your life.

swords3711

Oh believe me. I enjoy doin both. I know that woodworking doesn't pay very much, and even so, I would just look into gettin a job on the side to make up the difference.

Chief_waterchanger

There was a woodworker on a discovery channel thing just the other day that made exact replicas of centuries old pieces of furniture that used the pegs and wooden nails and things, but he would sell these pieces for hundreds of thousands of dollars a piece.. I would venture to say woodworking can be a VERY lucrative field.

Dino

99% of the aquaculture jobs in this country involve growing out channel cat and taliapia for the food industry.

As CWC said, depending on how well you do a job can make a lot of difference onwhat you wind up making.

swords3711

DANG! I guess.
You see, I love both fish and woodworking. When I am older and retire, which ain't gonna be for a llllloooooooooonnngggggggg time, I want to open my own fish store, and learn how to build tanks since I already know how to build the bases for em. That way I could combine the two.

sirdarksol

There is something between the two. There is also the study of freshwater critters/plants. Not sure how much of a call there is for that sort of thing in Nebraska, but up here in MN, our DNR is loaded with such people who help keep track of our lakes and waterways.

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You don't have to wait until you are old and retire to open your own fish store.

paswed

I wanted to study marine biology but feel in love and turned down a full scholarships I had to study marine biology. Instead I went to a community collage to study fish and wildlife they have a program where you can work for the fish and wildlife and go to school. I would try them most state jobs will even pay for school. I worked for them till I finish my degree in fish and wild life then went on to study marine biology. By then I had kids so it is to late to relocate and do the marine biology. I now stay at home and make about 30 thousand a year doing woodworking and helping people take care of their tanks. So as it has been stated above just go with your heart and find a way to do both. I wish I had of found a way to do both have a marriage and kept my scholarship to study marine biology.


Had to edited this because the first time I must have been half sleep grammar was bad and words where misspelled.

Blub

angelfish220

open a pet store so there is a decent one around here thats what I will do

swords3711

what do ya mean?
u from Nebraska?

Bonochick

Maybe you should look into taking some business courses. I took only one business course in college (a requirement for my computer science degree), so I'm not an expert, but it was really informative, and I remember studying and doing a lot of things that would pertain to starting a business. Even if you don't end up going that route (or just aren't able to get the funding for your venture right away), it's a good field of study to have under your belt. Something like that could be applied towards a more broad range of job opportunities, so you'd have more options.

ambientchica

You know, this is kind of what i am thinking of doing as a woodworker and a fish hobbiest: you need a niche market as a woodworker right? Why not build aquariums? Did you ever see this site (i posted it a month or so ago): http://www.livingcolor.com/custom_aq...esidential.cfm. It gives you a good idea of what you could do.

Just my two cents! Good luck to you in whatever you go towards. Im sure you will change your mind many times or at least I did!

swords3711

Oh I probably could but I find it to be so boring.

As for building tanks, I'd thought about it.I've gotta learn how to build the actual tank part though.

Blub

swords3711

thats what I'm doin

Ntruder1400

The best advice I can give is to choose something that you enjoy. I stumbled into emergency medical services and I love what I do. I look forward to work every day - even after 15 years. The only real complaint that I ever had went something like this - "I love my job, I just hate who I do it for". That was when I was working for a poorly-run ambulance service who did not care about their employees, nor the patients. The almighty buck was all they cared about.

My job pays terribly, but the rewards are beyond monetary. Best of luck in your quest for a career.