Sometimes I wish I had stayed in the geologic sciences, it was in the late 1970s and the bottom had dropped out for. jobs in the oil and mineral industry and didn't look like it was ever going to get any better. I went back to grad school - PhD eventually and turned myself into an engineer. Mostly EE stuff, signal processing, antennas, computer modeling/ simulation etc. Ready to retire now, still love those rocks!
I’ve sent myself a link to your reply to me in my own FR mail so that I will remember to tell her about you!
She is thinking about applying to the University of CA at Monterey Bay because she loves Oceanography, biology, chemistry, etc. She still wants to be a doctor, like her grandfather (my late husband) but she’s young and I continue to tell her, to choose a profession she loves, that also makes sufficient money, so that she can pursue something else she loves as a “hobby.” If she wants to “save the planet” do it on her “leisure time.”