I was always really interested in gems and minerals, but admiring them isn't a job, and photography in that field is insanely specialized and not exactly a reasonable goal to shoot for, so I never got that degree...

I was also always really interested in astronomy, but there's literally no work in that field at all so I didn't go for the degree...

I never "found myself" because all of my interests either has you working for "the enemy" or there just weren't any jobs to be had. Now I'm stuck working in a factory and I have an upcoming job that's for the Israeli military....

[–] Saleh@feddit.org 8 points 3 days ago

Pretty sure geologists are also needed in many types of construction projects. Of course it is not that interesting to tell the 1224th project team that they need to dig their foundations at least 80cm deep and guard against rising humidity.

[–] wpb@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

A geologist buddy of mine works on analyzing soil for placing wind farms.