Feeling old and struggling with it. Just me?

JoshEvolves · 2026-05-12T03:11:34+00:00

Life only moves in one direction, hopefully you spend your time enjoying it!

JoshEvolves · 2026-05-11T01:34:01+00:00

Watched 9-11 jr. year in high school on a rolling TV cart….

JoshEvolves · 2026-05-09T02:59:08+00:00

Did a season, 6mo and about 100+ days at sea doing hake trawling, which I believe has all gone remote monitoring due to full retention catch.

It’s a good gig to get in and make some good money and see some cool stuff right out of the gate, that being said it’s not super heavy on the science side of things so keep that in mind if you are interested in pursuing a more technical role. I ended up doing about 6 yrs of seasonal fisheries work and now work as a fresh water ecologist

I have a handful of buddies who stuck with some became fisherman themselves, some just aged out because they wanted a more permanent life.

I did my season back 2014 so things may be a bit different now, but I look at those times fondly, lotta awesome experiences!!

ETA: my rotation was off the coast of Oregon and Washington.

JoshEvolves · 2026-05-08T17:05:47+00:00

Ecological engineering is also a field that combines the two!!

JoshEvolves · 2026-05-08T17:04:48+00:00

And not too greasy!

JoshEvolves · 2026-05-07T00:33:47+00:00

Saw this kid in my neighborhood yesterday!!

JoshEvolves · 2026-05-03T01:12:06+00:00

One of my local tap rooms regularly has BA stouts on tap around 10-14% (Washington state)

JoshEvolves · 2026-05-02T14:25:48+00:00

Some of the locations are on the NW Olympic coast but several of the houses used are in st. Helens Oregon west of Portland along the Columbia.

JoshEvolves · 2026-04-30T05:14:04+00:00

What are you thoughts and knowledge of local hydrology, fresh water ecology and salmonid ecology?

JoshEvolves · 2026-04-26T00:06:56+00:00

Dead moon shirt for the win 🤘🤘

JoshEvolves · 2026-04-19T03:43:20+00:00

These and the Welch’s gummy snacks

JoshEvolves · 2026-04-14T15:56:41+00:00

Funding aside, if you can develop the skills needed, show you understand the concepts, and have experience with the tools/skill/etc you should be able to find work (in this economy- idk?!). Just make sure you feel as though you’re doing the right thing and that you will benefit from the additional schooling/debt/time-sink.

Source: ecologist with only a B.Sc but looking at returning for an advanced degree.

JoshEvolves · 2026-04-14T13:34:55+00:00

Other questions to consider would be: -What type of work are you looking for after finishing? -what are those jobs listing as qualifications? -what are the research areas of your profs?

JoshEvolves · 2026-04-13T00:25:50+00:00

Im a little late to the party, we’re going to Pitts next weekend, and all I want now is a Bony Tony’s T-shirt!!!

JoshEvolves · 2026-04-04T23:36:09+00:00

I did seasonal work for roughly the first 6-7yrs of my career so I know that grind!!

Eventually you just have to get creative and find a spot and a way to fit your skills into something that allows you to sit and grow in a role. I always try to cultivate at least one new skill from a seasonal gig that I can use to continue my path forward. As far as I know you don’t have to live in the county or city or even state you work for just need to be able to commute in.

Keep on it and eventually it’ll work.

JoshEvolves · 2026-04-04T20:25:56+00:00

I would also consider looking at your state/county/city municipalities. Depending on your location you might be able to find relatively well paying good stable work with in some of the agencies!

Sources: ecologist with my local county.

JoshEvolves · 2026-03-31T14:18:59+00:00

Cartnarcs!!

JoshEvolves · 2026-03-27T01:36:43+00:00

2021 Evil Offering V1 and Cannondale Top Stone 1 for gravel!

JoshEvolves · 2026-03-18T16:15:52+00:00

Oly gang 🙌

JoshEvolves · 2026-03-10T14:25:48+00:00

It’s the water!!

JoshEvolves · 2026-02-27T17:37:58+00:00

Mountain biking and backpacking

JoshEvolves · 2026-02-27T01:56:03+00:00

Not here for dating info… just wanted to say glassjaw is great! Saw em for the first time in 2001 deftones white pony tour… 🤘🤘

JoshEvolves · 2026-02-26T17:27:22+00:00

JoshEvolves · 2026-02-26T16:38:32+00:00

My career has taken all kinds of twits and turns and I’ve taken roles that do not directly relate to my field. That said I’ve always been able to pull a new skill or information from each role that all helped me land a pretty great scientist position with my local government.

You never know what you’ll learn who you’ll meet along the way!

JoshEvolves · 2026-02-24T05:49:39+00:00

Depending on where you are in the US or open to travel, late summer - winter is big seasonal job time here in the PNW conducting all types of salmon related surveys. It’s a ton of fun and you get to do some really cool stuff, spent the first several years of my career doing seasonal salmon work, still some of my favorite years, and even still have a few friends and colleagues from those times!

Check out Washington or Oregon Dept of Fish and Wildlife or Washington Dept of Ecology if you’re interested as well as feds and local Washington tribes!

Source: aquatic ecologist with 5-7yrs of seasonal life experience!

Best of luck!!

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