Geology

ITT we praise geologists, the hardiest, most practical and richest of all physical scientists.

You piece of schist!

I like rocks and minerals too, and prefer diamonds in the rough

Diamond is the hardest metal known to man.

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yes it is, my friend

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know THE man, get it right

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*n

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Failure at memes.

>>5
It's known to man. Get it right.

My penis is harder!

>>7
what meme, it's a metal for real you fuck

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ahahaha, oh wow

>>8
Fail.

http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Diamond

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"Diamond is one of the hardest metals (If not THE hardest metal) known the man. Definitely much harder than anything walls are made of these days."

Got it?

It was great when Bill Nye got into his diamond car of science and smashed through the walls of the studio.

Geology is gneiss, rocks are da schist and paleontologists will date any old thing.

Seriously i luv's ma geology and geophysics, i cant believe i can actually get a job with a science degree.

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Yeah cause its impossible to get a job after studying computer science... goddamn retard

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computer science isn't a science.

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Yeah, but algebraists get a lot of action.

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CS is programming + mathz

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And?

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And debugging + fapping to /d/

Trying to bump out my post. Please ignore this reply.

Divide by zero. Oh shi-

Geologists= super rich from raping planet + buff from all that outdoorsy, practical work.

Computer scientists= fairly well off, slightly overweight, middle-class disasters.

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Geologist do outside work? I thought they had abolished that with the advent of 3d imaging.

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no, there is a shitload of surveying work that needs to be done before any mining/drilling/whatever project. It's also good to get a feel for what you're actually working with.

Petroleum geologists have a pretty hard time, 12 hour shifts on an oil rig anyone? They get paid ridiculously well though, because there is such a great demand for them.

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As a geologist, I want to tell all of you that this is true: Knowledge of algebra is ESSENTIAL.

>>25
To some extent this is true--not that it makes better geologists, for as J.A. Wolff, PhD (WSU) said: "The best geologists look at the most rocks."

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Junior geologists often get a bit of experience as mudloggers--I did a bunch of wells in Ector, Andrews, Eddy (NM) and Pecos counties a few years back, for mizerable fucking wages.  These days you can mudlog in a NICE trailer with internet Pr0ns and so on, and make $150-200 a day.  Ah yes, when I was a boy...wait, I was a trap...well, they're boys too, right?  Hmm...

At the big little companies like XTO and Bass and Devon, geologists hardly ever get out to the rig.  You see this sad look in their eyes because they’re hairy, masculine birds in the gilded corporate cage.  But in a little little company like the one I work for, the geologists sit out there when they log the well, and go out on the frac jobs, and drive all over the Fort Worth Basin going from crisis to crisis.  Horizontal drilling defies nature, and the geologists are often seen weeping openly over an $82,000 section of collapsed lateral...

P.S. Hey, boys and girls!  Want to make a hell of a lot of money?  Take geology 1 and 2 at junior college, come to Fort Worth, and get hired at Ryan or Mid-Continent, and do some mudlogging (avoid Selman & Associates like the fucking plague). With a year of mudlogging under your belt, you’ll know a hell of a lot more about the industry than your classmates.

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1st year earth science student here, should I do a masters after my BSc? And how much could I expect to earn if I move to Texas, or maybe Alberta?

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I found that not having a masters degree was a barrier to further advancement.  So I'm having to get a masters even while working for people who never got one themselves.  On the other hand, they've got 25 years' experience, so they know what they're doing.

Hmm, the pay for a beginning geologist in Texas would be around...I dunno, I'm guessing $80,000--$100,000. I'm guessing that amount because as a mere geotech I made $60,000/year. If you get hired by a Mom n' Pop exploration company, though, they'll pay you half of that and not provide insurance. And ask you to work 7 days a week until you're dead.  Better to get in with a big little oil co. like Devon, they treat you right.

I would suggest watching King of the Hill so you will know what your life in Texas will be like.  It's all true, down to the smallest detail. NO, BOBBY!

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$80,000 to $100,000? Sweet! Fuck the UK. I've done some reasearch, and the starters wage would be about £30,000, about $60,000 and cost of living is ridiculous here.

Bobby, there's propane in my urethra...

Don't call me gay, but I need some mary jay!

Marijuana MUST be legalized.