Comments on: So You Want to Be a Paleontologist? http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2009/04/28/so-you-want-to-be-a-paleontologist/ Where Paleontology Meets Pop Culture Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:54:35 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Sal Madalone http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2009/04/28/so-you-want-to-be-a-paleontologist/comment-page-1/#comment-1680 Sal Madalone Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:23:29 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/?p=1213#comment-1680 Great Article and advice! I too have found myself wishing I could change my career and life path in my early 30's and really find a lot of similarities in the things you have said to my own. I wish I would have known back in my school days how and what I had to do to achieve the goals that seem so far away now, but I am rejuvenated by your words here and I am now going to take steps to get more involved in my museums and such(also living in NJ). You can't always change everything you may want to, but I DO have control over making a few minor changes that in the long run will ultimately make me happier. Thanks again Sincerely Sal Madalone Great Article and advice! I too have found myself wishing I could change my career and life path in my early 30’s and really find a lot of similarities in the things you have said to my own. I wish I would have known back in my school days how and what I had to do to achieve the goals that seem so far away now, but I am rejuvenated by your words here and I am now going to take steps to get more involved in my museums and such(also living in NJ). You can’t always change everything you may want to, but I DO have control over making a few minor changes that in the long run will ultimately make me happier.
Thanks again

Sincerely

Sal Madalone

]]> By: jurassiraptor http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2009/04/28/so-you-want-to-be-a-paleontologist/comment-page-1/#comment-548 jurassiraptor Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:39:21 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/?p=1213#comment-548 Wonderful article, Brian. I wish there would have been more information on the ins and outs and "how to's" of a paleontology career when I was aspiring in elementary and high school. When I enrolled in the geology/paleo program in college I quickly became overwhelmed with math and physical science classes that I had never anticipated, had no previous knowledge or experience with, and did not find relevant. I never did make the cut, and that's a hard thing to deal with. I still do some "dinosaur stuff" as a hobby and follow the latest in the paleo field, but a little better preparedness along with some guidance and information could have saved a lot of frustration and heartache. Wonderful article, Brian. I wish there would have been more information on the ins and outs and “how to’s” of a paleontology career when I was aspiring in elementary and high school. When I enrolled in the geology/paleo program in college I quickly became overwhelmed with math and physical science classes that I had never anticipated, had no previous knowledge or experience with, and did not find relevant. I never did make the cut, and that’s a hard thing to deal with. I still do some “dinosaur stuff” as a hobby and follow the latest in the paleo field, but a little better preparedness along with some guidance and information could have saved a lot of frustration and heartache.

]]> By: Dom http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/2009/04/28/so-you-want-to-be-a-paleontologist/comment-page-1/#comment-547 Dom Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:02:30 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/dinosaur/?p=1213#comment-547 Thanks for publishing this. It's too late for me to change careers, but I'm hoping to follow the field a bit more closely. Thanks for publishing this. It’s too late for me to change careers, but I’m hoping to follow the field a bit more closely.

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