hi guys i go to the University of Rhode Island and am currently majoring in environmental horticulture and turfgrass management and planning to eventually become a super int. at a golf course. After working at a private course for two years im starting to see how stressful this job can be as well as time consuming. I've been thinking about switching my major to fisheries but im worried that the jobs out there are limited. If anyone out there has any ideas on what i should do or any advice it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

-Mike

Hard to think of a good occupation that doesn't have it's share of stress and difficulty, no one pays you well for a " cake " job. If you think there is stress now just wait to you get into it, then you will really know what stress is. I would give you 2 pieces of advice for whatever career you finally decide upon. Totally commit yourself and then network, who knows you could wind up at Greenbriar.

Give RobbyZ5001, right here a shout. He did the same thing and is in his senior year at Penn State

hi guys i go to the University of Rhode Island and am currently majoring in environmental horticulture and turfgrass management and planning to eventually become a super int. at a golf course. After working at a private course for two years im starting to see how stressful this job can be as well as time consuming. I've been thinking about switching my major to fisheries but im worried that the jobs out there are limited. If anyone out there has any ideas on what i should do or any advice it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

-Mike

Mike I went through the same thing, but my situation was even worse than yours. I started as business management which would cover a huge range of jobs and went to fisheries science, because I felt like it was a great fit for me. Honestly unless you have an in at a golf course I would think you would have a better shot at a job in fisheries science. If you decided to go into fisheries science you better be willing to move to another area or a whole other state. I'm not sure how your curriculum is set up and if you took a ton of major courses or just general. You could probably take another whole semester and think about it if you wanted to. Take gen ed classes while your thinking about it. One bit of advice... Do well in college don't do what I did and party 4 years away with a low GPA. If you go into fisheries you would ultimately want a higher degree from a BA. Also get involved and meet people. Get with your local fisheries and try to get internships anywhere possible. In this field experience is key. PA has a hiring freeze on fisheries positions including internships so I am actually volunteering time working with them to try to get an in and meet people. Networking is one of the most important techniques to learn. I could probably talk a lot about this subject. Hopefully I didn't ramble too much. If you want to talk pm me and I will send you my phone number. I will try to tell you as much as I know and my view on fisheries.