Finance and Marketing, going into Sports Marketing/Administration.Currently shopping grad schools for a masters in the field. I love the field, and hopefully I can make money in it either at home or abroad.
Whats your major in?
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I started out in broadcast journalism. I was hellbent on this career - even worked on a tv show for a local chamber of commerce when I was in high school. I land at ISU and in a matter of months a report is released that recommends the university sell the TV station, and ultimately, that is exactly what they did. Meanwhile, I realize that I really, really dislike the other students in my major and I can't imagine working with them the rest of my life.
By accident I end up in an entomology class for non-majors to fulfill a science credit requirements. I find the class ridiculously interesting. Then the professor announces he has openings for student workers in his lab over the summer. I needed a job - boom, I change my major the following semmester.
Once I got in entomology, I got involved in all the related fields - agronomy, plant pathology, soil fertility, water quality, weed science… The broad base of knowledge + communication skills has served me well. I'm still learning new things everyday and I can't even remember the last time I thought I was bored. Supervising people, however, is not my favorite.
I'm in the middle of a hiring process and it's struggle finding candidates that are multidisciplinary and have good verbal and written communication skills. *sigh*
By accident I end up in an entomology class for non-majors to fulfill a science credit requirements. I find the class ridiculously interesting. Then the professor announces he has openings for student workers in his lab over the summer. I needed a job - boom, I change my major the following semmester.
Once I got in entomology, I got involved in all the related fields - agronomy, plant pathology, soil fertility, water quality, weed science… The broad base of knowledge + communication skills has served me well. I'm still learning new things everyday and I can't even remember the last time I thought I was bored. Supervising people, however, is not my favorite.
I'm in the middle of a hiring process and it's struggle finding candidates that are multidisciplinary and have good verbal and written communication skills. *sigh*
Sometimes a little knowledge is a bad thing. Delusional parasitosis is on the uptick. The phone calls I get from people with this are sad and terrifying because they really believe they have insects crawling around under their skin. And I am NOT a fan of the samples they send in for ID.[h=3][/h]
I graduated from ISU with my BS in Forest Ecosystems Management. I now work in Finance. Who knew?
My main takeaway was its really hard to identify different types of mosquitoes and don't go to africa
Forensic entomology is fascinating to me. I have a friend in a neighboring state that has a side business rearing out insect larvae recovered from crime scenes and then using the info to determine the time of death. She does this in her house. I guess non entomologists would completely freak out about this but get a bunch of us bug people together and we can talk for hours about this. And want to see pictures.
...and I had a caller this afternoon tell me the very same thing. Normally I peg people like this as drug users but today's caller was different. I think this one was true psychosis.
Do you ever watch Bones? I don't know how accurate Hodges is with his bug info, but I get a kick out of how much he enjoys his work. Kinda reminds me of you!
Do you ever watch Bones? I don't know how accurate Hodges is with his bug info, but I get a kick out of how much he enjoys his work. Kinda reminds me of you!
I've had several people tell me I should watch it, but have not managed to catch the show. Years ago I caught an absolute bs CSI episode and I've just kind of avoided Hollywood's take on entomology. But I do love my job! Most days...and then someone delivers a tub of ear wax or pile of dead skin they scratched off and they want to to look at it because they think it's full of insects...
This sort of happened to me. I came in Ag Studies, and I still am, but I took biology with Dr Holscher and he made me really interested in taking more of his classes. So I took a couple of his entomology classes and it sparked an interest in the subject. It led me to an internship this summer with DM Crop Research Group as an entomology research intern. I'm really excited to get started. I've always basically been set on selling seed upon graduation, but these classes have made me think really hard about going into a crop entomology related job whether it be research or something else. The internship this summer should help me decide, but as of now I'm just not exactly clear on what some career opportunities in the field might be and what I should keep my eye on.
Hey Rabbuk...before you enroll for another degree, the weed science she's talking about ain't what you're hoping it is.
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Dan is a great guy to work for. I think he offers a top notch service. It will be a great summer experience.
I don't know if this has been said or not, but go in to Ag Systems Technology. Those kids are basically getting blank checks from companies. The future of Agriculture is in the tech world, and the future of the world is in Agriculture's hands. Not my major, but it is the route I would take if I could do it over again, probably.
This is pretty good advice.
Anything in Ag is hot right now. Everyone is getting jobs right out of college, everyone. The top people are getting paid $55-$65 right out of school.
I think when things get tough in Ag at some point this will come to a screeching halt. There will be an oversupply of Ag graduates trying to catch the wave and the companies will quit hiring. Everything is cyclical and if you graduated in Ag in the last 5 years you hit the cycle perfect.
