just found out my current "dream job" is largely inaccessible to me

bertha katzenengel

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Thu Jun-08-06 09:44 PM
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just found out my current "dream job" is largely inaccessible to me

I want to be a park ranger. Even if I could get hired - with no experience, no background, no education, none of that remotely relevant to such a job - the highest starting pay is half what I need to earn.

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alarimer

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Thu Jun-08-06 09:51 PM
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1. And a lot of federal park rangers are not even permanent

Edited on Thu Jun-08-06 09:54 PM by alarimer

positions. I am sure it has its rewards though for those that do. Tough to get on but I am sure those that do stay for a while.

I don't know about where you live, but here in Texas state parks have it rough. Never enough money and there are often layoffs. Not to mention the low pay. But nobody does it for the money. Just to be outdoors is enough.

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bertha katzenengel

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Thu Jun-08-06 09:53 PM
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2. Yeah. I need to be outdoors. But I can't earn what I need outdoors.

:banghead:

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alarimer

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Thu Jun-08-06 10:04 PM
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3. I am fortunate enough to work outdoors a lot

it is mostly good. Texas in August I could do without, though! And the increased skin cancer risk. But it does have its rewards.

But there are a lot of different outdoor jobs. A lot of natural resource type jobs do require a specialized degree and, if they are government jobs in particular, tend not to pay very well.

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