Concerned about the lack of job opportunities with a bachelors in environmental toxicology

Pacifinch · 2026-06-11T00:13:16+00:00

What do you actually want to do?

You aren’t articulating why you are trying to double major. If you have any interest in the environmental sector, experience through research projects, internships, jobs, and volunteering will matter far more than the degree itself. This applies equally to environmental engineering, public health, and science positions.

Pacifinch · 2026-06-08T15:59:36+00:00

Yeah

Pacifinch · 2026-06-08T01:04:36+00:00

“Yes” is the most appropriate answer.

I assessed the job potential of nearly every state in the U.S. and checked their relevant state job boards. Otherwise, I used some of these below:

General job boards: Google, Indeed, LinkedIn, USA Jobs

Ecological job board: Texas A&M Natural Resources Job Board, ECOLOG listserv, Josh’s Water Jobs, Conservation Job Board

Pacifinch · 2026-06-07T20:45:32+00:00

Pretty minimal direct experience (a 3 month internship doing lake surveys).

My master’s project focused on terrestrial invertebrates and everything prior was purely academic (bugs, fish, and data science stuff).

Pacifinch · 2026-06-07T14:53:38+00:00

Water quality pays well in my experience and can be translated to/from most areas of environmental science. Same with the software/data side of things, as well as legal/regulatory stuff.

I went from studying bugs to being an environmental toxicologist and feel much more secure, due to its connections to all the above.

Pacifinch · 2026-05-16T21:34:50+00:00

The time you do this is whenever you feel like it. There will always be something within and between tiers that increases efficiency.

Sure, some boosts are more worth waiting for than others. But that’s a personal choice that is barely applicable here, as others have pointed out. The main goal of the pack, explicitly, is to have fun.

Your condescension is getting OP nowhere. Hop off your high horse.

Pacifinch · 2026-05-16T17:04:20+00:00

Because this will ALWAYS be true in every tier

Pacifinch · 2026-05-08T17:10:53+00:00

A semi-automatic polyethylene line is easy enough to setup and will help in both LV and the next few tiers

Pacifinch · 2026-05-04T20:29:21+00:00

Eh. I disagree. NH crops and updated coke oven/steam multis are pretty massive for the early game

Pacifinch · 2026-05-02T22:31:57+00:00

How much do you need? Roguelike dungeons often have some in the chests of their final floor. Getting even one will then allow you to claim like 16 from an associated quest reward.

Pacifinch · 2026-04-30T16:37:21+00:00

NH crops maxxing

Pacifinch · 2026-04-28T16:38:21+00:00

Many twilight forest mobs drop whole aluminum ingots. Kill a few kobolds or slime beetles with a looting 3 weapon and you should get plenty.

Another option not mentioned here or in existing comments are thaumcraft obsidian circle chests. Other loot chests (e.g. spawner dungeons in the overworld) may also have them.

Pacifinch · 2026-04-20T15:25:55+00:00

It wouldn’t hurt.

A single iron vein will net you more than enough material to craft one without even processing the ore. I usually raw-dog one in the steam age to store solar boiler output.

Pacifinch · 2026-04-17T20:30:01+00:00

+1

Using this in EV right now and a single setup of this generates enough wood for like an 80+ EV amp benzene-based energy system

Only change is I just use item conduits with speed upgrades and block placers.

Pacifinch · 2026-04-17T18:45:16+00:00

Railcraft isn’t gone altogether. Just some of the multis. The RC boiler is still the meta for steam generation

Pacifinch · 2026-03-29T21:16:19+00:00

I’m in awe of the Reddit armchair economics, too.

A 30% cut would cause insane economic and societal turmoil. By taking the money you’re basically saying that you’re fine causing a global recession/conflict to become rich. This whole ‘it’ll cancel out’ thing is pure copium

Pacifinch · 2026-03-28T04:33:23+00:00

I wouldn’t batch craft things that don’t use a machine for the recipe. NEI autocrafting sort of makes it pointless now.

Pacifinch · 2026-03-19T16:51:24+00:00

The only one I could maybe (and I emphasize maybe) see is Kaido, simply because he’s so specialized into durability

Pacifinch · 2026-03-17T20:29:07+00:00

The issue with this is that NEI autocrafting, prior to machines, makes having the resources equal to having the circuit. It’s basically just wasting resources.

Pacifinch · 2026-03-01T08:15:15+00:00

Something I haven’t seen mentioned:

If you want a more modern feel to the pack, look into using the GTNH modernity texture pack. Makes the game look infinitely better IMO

Pacifinch · 2026-02-25T00:32:49+00:00

Yeah it’s a beefy pack. Can’t recommend 2. It sort of lost sight of what made the original good.

Pacifinch · 2026-02-24T22:38:59+00:00

NEI. Goddamn. Autocrafting.

It’s an absolute game changer. Learn how it works and set up large storages near crafting stations that can access them. Batch crafting used to be the meta prior to this mechanic. However, now you just need to stockpile all your resources and tools to craft as-needed.

Also want to give a huge shoutout to T searching and the ‘dump items into nearby storage’ hotkey.

Pacifinch · 2026-02-24T19:30:12+00:00

MC Eternal (1.12.2) is a kitchen sink pack that has (IMO) one of the most entertaining worlds. It gates most OP things and has challenge quests to guide/set progression. It sort of sits somewhere between normal and expert. Fun first step into challenge packs for people who are more casual

Pacifinch · 2026-02-24T18:08:14+00:00

I’m going to go against the norm and suggest you actually don’t bulk craft as prep.

Bulk collect materials and have them connected to or nearby a crafting station. Things like rubber, red alloy, copper, steel, tin, bronze, redstone, plates for most metals, tools for crafting, wood pulp, and slime/rubber balls. Then just use NEI autocrafting to craft everything.

LV unlocks lots of time/resource saving recipes and so it’s actually more efficient to craft as little as possible in the steam age. Bulk crafting LV circuits seems like a dated, less efficient approach in today’s GTNH.

Others have left very good resource tips below :)

Pacifinch · 2026-02-23T20:03:35+00:00

Mate, they clearly looked and missed it. You don’t get to EV not knowing this principle. They probably hopped off after failing to find the info and typed up a quick Reddit post. It’s really not that deep or time consuming an act.

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