I wanted to be a paleontologist when I was young. Then I learned that I would need to spend a lot of time outside in the sun instead of inside in the dark so I decided to be a software dev instead.
Same, kinda. I had literally decided by the advanced age of 5 that I would be a paleontologist. Then at some point I lost interest. I’m not sure if it was a lack of support or something else. Now I wish I was a paleontologist again. Instead I pretend to be a dinosaur on the internet.
Are there paleontology jobs which are primarily indoors? I’m thinking of tasks like removing the matrix from fossils which have already been dug up, but need to be prepared for preservation.
I wanted to be a paleontologist when I was young. Then I learned that I would need to spend a lot of time outside in the sun instead of inside in the dark so I decided to be a software dev instead.
Same, except I am a legal tech and professional artist.
I love that I can make my money in a dark, air-conditioned room and just read about all the cool shit we’re learning about dinosaurs.
Same, kinda. I had literally decided by the advanced age of 5 that I would be a paleontologist. Then at some point I lost interest. I’m not sure if it was a lack of support or something else. Now I wish I was a paleontologist again. Instead I pretend to be a dinosaur on the internet.
I really wanted to be an archaeologist. I still love archaeology and take a keen amateur interest in it.
But my knees would never have survived it.
Are there paleontology jobs which are primarily indoors? I’m thinking of tasks like removing the matrix from fossils which have already been dug up, but need to be prepared for preservation.