Thank you for such a detailed answer.
Great thoughts, thank you. You addressed a lot of the questions I was getting at. For example, nursing and various related positions (running CAT scans, etc.) truly seem to be in-demand everywhere. But often when I hear about some supposedly in-demand field that pays well and check near me in the southeast, I'll get maybe half a dozen results.
My background isn't really related to science. I got a degree in Broadcast Media, then worked mostly in Politics and Marketing/Communications. So I'm not sure a ton of credits will transfer, but I'm hoping to get an idea across a spectrum of possibilities.
Super helpful, thank you. I will look into informatics. Yes, I'm trying to do as much research as possible between now and ~January, when I may have the chance to go back.
This is helpful.
I meant it to be broad. Just a good job/realistic job prospects in a hard science-connected field. I potentially have the opportunity to go back to school and I'm wondering what scientific paths, if any, can lead to job prospects with a four-year degree. The reasoning being that I hope to transfer some credits from my previous degree and can't really commit to six or eight years of additional study right now. But 2-4 is potentially feasible.
I think it was a video or article on astrophysics that I encountered some time ago. But the idea that stuck with me was, "Don't bother with astrophysics unless you have a Masters or, ideally, Ph.D."
I'm not claiming it's the case, I just have no exposure to that path. I don't know what it looks like to study a hard science and then enter the job field from that angle. Engineering is a helpful example.
It feels like a more-manageable, more-personal, bite-sized version of Reddit. It scratches the itch, but I spend less time here overall than I used to on Reddit.
Pete was terrifying.
Bread is addictive, I swear they lace it with quack.
Jumping spiders were my gateway into not hating spiders. They're pretty adorable and surprisingly interactive. Also learning that spiders are partially pneumatic/use hydraulics to get around, which makes me think of them as nature's little steampunk robots.
Oh, I'm sorry, I thought this was America!
Thanks, it's interesting and helpful to hear specific jobs that exist in these various fields.