If you had the option
 

Just wondering, if you had the option to either
1.) Go to a college, get hands on in your work field, get your foot in the door, and work the job while in school.

Or

2.) Go to a school, tournament fish for them while you have the opportunity, get a degree similar to the other school, but without the hands on. Have potential to go further in the fishing world Aswell (qualifying etc)

Just wondering which you'd do. I'm about as stumped as stumped gets. Way too many factors making me run circles deciding. Just want to hear some input

Edit-- both options are completely living on own, financially. Choice 1 would allow a paying job that is far superior to choice 2s job.

What field of work?

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I guess that would help. Offshore oil.. Degree plan is Petroleum Services.

3.) Find a chick with daddies money and fish

Well honestly, while the whole fishing thing sounds good, choice 1 is better overall. Get the education, get the job and fish for fun. Only my opinion and not everyone would agree. Just think long term.

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You got a daughter looking for a stud?

Choice 1

Hahaha!

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I fish for the LSU kayak club and the tournaments are awesome. Really laid back compared to the bass club's tournaments. You're only in college once. I'm able to work on the side though too, and I have some good connections for jobs after college sooo...

Don't turn something you love doing into a job...as much as people say if you love your job u never work a day in your life..is bs, unless you learn to love your job after the fact. I turned a hobby into a career and regret it.

Make the education part now. If you go into "big money" now, you'll have no more in 5 years then you have now. Get educated, land that good job and, live easier than those of us who were going to go to school eventually!

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I do, ya lil fart...you know one?

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BTW, get that education. It'll pay more than the alternative.

I knew it would happen eventually.. You'll love me as a Son in law

Go to school at whatever place will give you the best job opportunities . It sounds like number one will do that for two reasons: First, it is the exact career field you want to pursue; second, it will allow you to work in the field and gain some experience. Gaining the experience is important and will put you a step ahead of those folks graduating without experience. Your experience earned in school may very well increase your salary of your full-time job upon graduation. Lastly, and I think most importantly, your ability to work while you are in school will allow you to develop all the personal relationships with folks in the industry and we all know that it's not what you know, but who you know and that seems especially true with offshore work.

Mechanical engineering. You can do almost anything in the oilfield you can with a petroleum engineering degree and when you realize your too much of a ***** to work the oilfield you can go back to the plants and suck on Mommas titty :)

I went to school, had no experience when I graduated, and I have a good job now. Quit trying to short change your college and enjoy it. The work/money will come.

If you get a job offshore, you get a lot more fishing time in after school.

Most big companies don't hire off the street anymore.

They are hiring straight out of colleges and trade schools.

Your education is the biggest and best investment you will ever make in your life!

Education, Education, Education.. Safety, Safety , Safety....

Boom

No contest. Go to college and work in your field while in school. No contest. Good luck.

your doin that now huh?

go to school. enjoy your college years. they are the best times of your life. fish for the tourney team. it will be memories and friends you will have for a lifetime. get a college education. like one poster said, engineering -- mechanical, chemical, petroleum. always have that to fall back on. don't take the easy money now. it is noted that college graduates earn over 2 million more dollars per lifetime on the average than non college graduates.

For what it's worth, Im gettin an education either way. Nicholls would be Petroleum Services with a minor in Safety

ULL Petro Engineering

I'd definitely go with MechE or ChemE if you want to work in the oilfield. PETE imo is too specific. I know lots of Mech and Chem guys who made nearly the same amount as pete's out of college but had way more opportunities.

Hell I'm in environmental eng and the company I work for right now does mainly h,s,& e for oil companies. Don't make as much, but I like the job and i'm probably not stressed as much.

the main thing is if you love what you do for a living, then it don't even feel like you have a job! Remember money is just a thing, college experiences, the friends you'll make, and fishing are the real important things!! Trust your gut :cheers:

No sir I love what I do. Seriously though, petroleum is too specific. With a mechanical or chemical degree, you can pretty much do anything in any part of the world

Its only 4 years, don't let hunting/fishing get in the way. I failed out of Louisiana Tech because of ducks. I had $8k in student loans with nothing to show for it and had to start all over. Biggest regret of my life right there. There will be plenty of time to hunt and fish so hunting/fishing should have nothing to do with your choice of college. Go to school and make that money and then you can afford a nice place to hunt/fish.

I have a Master's in Biology and I love my job but am seriously seriously thinking about going back for civil engineering to do coastal work.

Follow your heart man! And work your *** off

I have to keep saying this every time i see you post about this. If you have the ability to get an engineering degree (Petro, electrical, mechanical, chemical) you would be selling yourself short by getting a Petroleum Services degree instead.

It's like being a doctor versus a nurse.

Engineering will be better job, more money, and easier to find a job.
Companies send out head hunters to recruit for jobs at most universities.

Number 1- fishing will always be there.

I could not agree more....I had a job making killer money but I hated it. Now I am making half of what I was but don't mind getting up and going to work.

I'm interning now and graduate in may. While working and going to school you still can fish fairly often. I put another vote for engineering. If your going to school might as well make it worth your while. A more than average income while working 40 hrs is hard to beat.

+1 on that

Are you wanting to go pro fishing? Do you think you are good enough? IF this is the case, I would go the 2nd. If you don't plan on trying the pro circuit, education.

Then even if you get the education, you can try the pro circuit later.

Option1 with a school that will give you an academic scholarship. Aren't you a straight A student? Kick butt on the ACT/SAT and you'll have many more choices. Get your degree now. And make it in Engineering. Not an associates or Technology degree. You 'll make million more in your lifetime. In fact, many private schools (Rice, Tulane, Others) will give you extra consideration because you do tourney fish. They want diversity. Compete and try to get in the best school you can. You won't regret it. Cash in on your hard work.

And aren't you a writer? Engineers with communication skills are in high demand and move up fast! Be sure to put that aren't every school application.

I know. I'm a senior exec with one of the top 5 largest engineering firms and have worked for many others.

Go to school Fool and bust your arse !!! If you can fish and keep the grades then more power to ya' brother... Enjoy those years, have fun, and work hard because that will be the foundation of your life ahead of you :D ...

What you put in now, is what you will gain later .... Till you hook up with a cute little honey and all bets are off, unless her dad is loaded and likes to fish :smokin:

Been there, done that !!! Took me two times to figure it out, but what the hell :p

Hydro

Brayden , you better take option 1 or ill whoop yer arse! Seriously though make $ now so you can play when your older!

go to school, have fun, study hard, make friends, and enjoy being in college. It is an experience everybody should enjoy.

Here's the deal.
It's either Petro Services/Safety and working 7/7 while in school at Nicholls

It engineering at UL. If I'm going to UL I'm fishing.. If I'm there I might Aswell do that.

That's where I'm stuck at. Picking which way to roll. Both are a 4 year.

That's not even a question.
UL=fine a s s honeys like you've never seen in the Bluff. Or in your life for that matter if you haven't been to Lafayette much. Still close to hunting and fishing.

Nichols=Thibodaux, LA=nuff said

An engineering degree is the way to go nowadays if you are going to college. Guaranteed job security and a well paying job right out of school.

Don't be a fool, FOOL. Go to UL.

Engineering. Just about anybody on a rig could get that Nicholls degree. When I was graduating from LSU with an environmental science degree approximately 70% of the job listings I looked at were "Engineer Preferred." In hindsight I would have gone engineer.

And even if you have to work 3 jobs stay away from student loans.

If that is the case, ULL all the way.

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X2 I went to ULL and graduated after messing around for 5 1/2 years.. But I always had a part time job during school and full time job during summer/winter. When I finished I owed $0 in loans or to anyone... Best thing I ever did cuz I still got podnas complaining about student loans and we graduated in 07!!

Everyone is correct.

Whatever you do, get an engineering degree. Fish. Work part time. Best of everything.

With the right engineering degree and the right company, you can be in management in a few years if you apply yourself and not have to do engineering work anymore.
I see this all the time in oilfield engineering. Especially Chemical and Mechanical Engineering.
Petroleum Engineers usually make more money out the gate though.

you know there is a middle ground between those two. maybe try a ITEC degree from UL. Not as involved as MEch or Chem. Also a ton of night classes to be able to fish and hunt in the mornings.

You just had to bring up the honeys huh.. Lol only bad thing about goin to UL, I gotta find me an apartment. Nicholls I had a house I could stay at.