This is why I’m not sweating it when Reddit didn’t immediately implode and die due to the protests and blackouts. It’s going to take time, but if they keep going in the direction they are, eventually only the low lifes will want to be there.

Hey you know what? I saw a post about this yesterday (it was probably you!) and thought it sounded like an incredibly valuable pursuit. I will definitely check it out, thank for the links.

It’s good to hear about people giving the industry a try! There is really so much career opportunity, and it’s not going anywhere. I’ve weather multiple recessions, housing crises, economic booms and downturns in this industry and it is just steady, because it is so essential. I hope more people consider it as a career because the field is suffering for lack of licensed professionals.

That’s so cool, and thank you. I often think I would have loved to study a chemistry or engineering discipline, if I had been more in touch with my abilities and interests as an 18 year old starting college. I did complete what was a newer degree at the time called environmental technology, and it was geared toward renewal energy technologies with a lot of various science based courses as backbone. But certainly, the industry has changed a lot even in the time I’ve been involved, starting as a hazardous waste site remediation project manager for an environmental consultant, then got water and wastewater treatment licenses in 2005 when I saw an opportunity to get in on an emerging sector in the company I was working for. Right now the industry is struggling for licensed professionals, even while regulators push ahead in requiring more and more use of the technology. Should be interesting to see how it develops over the coming years. Overall though, I had been very fortunate to truly enjoy my career and the industry I work in.

I studied environmental science as a major and am working in hazardous waste site remediation, water and wastewater treatment, and dabble in assisting some civil engineering projects.