A Career in Water - It's a Gas!

I frequently tell my students how rewarding a career in water is.

One of my graduate students resumed his career in pharmacy after getting his Master's in hydrogeology. Guess who's making out like a bandit now?

Why all this about careers? Well, Mary Frances returned from Portland last evening where she had a premonition of my future employment.

Our Toyota MR2 Spyder's plates read "AQUA" (I could not get "AQUADOC in Oregon - too many letters).  She pulled into a gas station and had the attendant fill it up (in Oregon, like New Jersey, you cannot pump your own gas).

When the attendant, a man in his 50s, noticed the plates, he asked, "You a SCUBA diver?".

"No, my husband's a hydrogeologist," she replied.

His eyes lit up, and  he then related how he had been in water, even had a couple of degrees, and tested wells. Used to work for the state (hey, maybe New Jersey!).

Before she could learn more, it was time for him to stop, as the meter had hit $40 (remember, it's just a Toyota MR2), and it was time to move on.

I always figured I'd wind up as a Wal-Mart greeter, but since I live in Oregon I now know that I have options.

Like moving to New Jersey.

"You know you're old when you bend over to tie your shoes and wonder what else you can do while you're down there." -- George Burns

Comments

[DW]

Do you want fries with that...

In my own case (a techie):
Air Traffic Control Comm/Navaids field tech >>> ATC Systems field engineer >>> diagnostic programmer >>> SIGINT field engineer >>> hydro electric plant systems tech >>> hydrological systems integrations/support >>> ??? (salesman at local Radio Shack).

Believe it or not - I love working on the river. Will hate to see the ride end.

DW