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Marine biology was my first true love, but I didn't pursue it academically or professionally because I got sidetracked by an infatuation with languages and ended up majoring in Russian. Now, four years after receiving that degree, I've come to my senses and am back in school, taking various math and science classes that are required for admission into the Ocean Science/Marine Science grad school programs that I have my eye on.
I'm interested in hearing about the education and career paths of any members of the tribe who are lucky enough to receive a paycheck for working with cephalopods...or of anyone who's tried to do so. Any words of advice or warning for someone with lofty aspirations? (I haven't narrowed my aspirations down enough to know exactly what I'm trying to do, but I'm sure that when I figure it out, they'll be lofty.)
I'm interested in hearing about the education and career paths of any members of the tribe who are lucky enough to receive a paycheck for working with cephalopods...or of anyone who's tried to do so. Any words of advice or warning for someone with lofty aspirations? (I haven't narrowed my aspirations down enough to know exactly what I'm trying to do, but I'm sure that when I figure it out, they'll be lofty.)
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Sat, May 19, 2007 - 3:42 PMthere's a lot of ass-busting involved. for me, I have so many interests that I couldn't dedicate myself to the amount of schooling and peon-work you gotta do to work in the field.
I suggest going to CIAC (unfortunately I missed the last one) - you'll meet a lot of Teuthologists, learn a lot, and make friends in the community. They are very welcoming if you are sincere, I found.
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Sat, May 19, 2007 - 7:20 PMi was initially on track for researching marine microorganisms, but was led astray. i fell in love with cuttlefish one semester while studying animal behavior and invertebrate zoology. while doing research papers, i discovered a school in halifax, nova scotia that has some of the founders in ceph research. maybe check in to that...
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Sun, May 20, 2007 - 12:04 PMI'm fine artist and a writer presently coping with depression. -
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Mon, May 21, 2007 - 8:13 PMneuroscientist/teacher turned astrologer/occultist
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Wed, May 23, 2007 - 4:38 AMI teach Environmental Science in Glen Burnie High School near Baltimore. -
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Wed, May 23, 2007 - 11:10 AM.sometimes I get paid to tattoo cephalopods on people...and I cook at a restaraunt and cook itty bittty little squids.
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Thu, May 24, 2007 - 1:06 AMOH I forget to mention I eat babies also. MMMmmmmm Baybeeeessss....
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Thu, May 24, 2007 - 8:44 AMI fix computers and pine for the octopuses at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
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Fri, June 1, 2007 - 2:25 PMI manage a hotel and read alot of Jules Verne novels and H.P. Lovecraft stories.
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Fri, June 1, 2007 - 2:37 PMTAKO TAKO!
IKA IKA!
I'm a musician/DJ/now bookseller who's helped with a research dive but don't work in the field. -
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Fri, June 1, 2007 - 2:37 PMerr, "doesn't", or "I don't"
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Fri, June 1, 2007 - 3:50 PMI just learned a few weeks ago that you can edit posts ~ only for a little bit after posting & only if no one else has posted already..... just hit 'back' on your browser, until you get the 'edit' button again & resubmit ~ voila! typo erase ~ if you catch it fast enough!
love all-ways,
mem
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Fri, June 1, 2007 - 3:53 PMfor some reason that stopped working for me - I discovered that trick a while back. it might be browser versions? -
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Fri, June 1, 2007 - 4:06 PMoh! I'm just getting used to it ~ no!.......
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Fri, June 1, 2007 - 4:29 PMstick with the current version of your browser then, I would suggest! we used to (in humorous tribes) have times when people would be tricky and go back to modify their posts after someone had responded so that they looked totally silly with ther answers :)
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Mon, August 13, 2007 - 10:01 AMJust an amateur oceanographer here.
'Fell in love with Jacques Cousteau as a kid. I'm a historian and historical (hysterical?)reenactor by avocation, and an artist by vocation-which means I'm moody but properly armed. And studying cephalopods is about as close to "live" paleontology as one can get. I specialize in naval history these days; it helps to understand the nature of the "battlefield" and all its fascinating inhabitants.
