passion vs. salary

bthibs59
Sun, 27 Apr 2014 23:11:55 +0000

Making money in the environmental sector is directly related to your major of choice. You would be better served obtaining a degree in environmental engineering or geology than a straight environmental science degree. Companies like to see that you have the passion and right skill set to handle a specific workload. Having a more quantitative background is crucial to landing a job and sustaining a position through rough patches in the industry.

Environmental companies are paying skilled geologists much more than they were 5 years ago due to the boom in oil and gas taking much of the skilled geologists (I am speaking from what friends that work as geologist in the environmental industry have told me. I’m a dirty petroleum geologist.)