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[pazix]

And maybe a new plan? Portland has been rough for T and I. We've been struggling heartily to find jobs of any kind, let alone jobs that had appeared to exist here in an oasis of non profit, alternative culture and... oh wait who am I kidding, we knew it would be hard here. This shit has gotten a little out of hand though. Last night we discussed

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[tericarper]

It would be easier for you to get a job in Olympia, though, right? Because of your masters? If I were her I would spend as much time as I could in a lab for the BS portion of the degree because botany and mycology are kind of dying fields. They're not heavily funded areas and there aren't many jobs out there where they'd be useful.

I'm not even sure I know what eco ag is exactly, but I know it leads to lots of industry jobs, so that might be more beneficial for her to look into.

[pazix]

interesting to hear you say that. everything I'm reading makes it sound like mycology, or at least the interest in fungi is blowing up right now. thanks for the input though. good perspective on it.

[becala]

Mycology is definitely getting getting more media attention lately. I couldn't say what the actual job prospects look like or what grant money looks like. But it seems like you'd have to do graduate study to really make anything out of it. Mycology with a B.S. will get you a minimum wage job harvesting mushrooms and answering phones at Paul Stamets' compound, probably. Does Evergreen even have a mycology faculty anymore? Mike Beug taught his last ever class for real, for sure, a couple years ago. His sons tell me that this is for real this time. Don't know if they hired new faculty.

I'm so fucking old and Olympia snobby. I actually can't stand Greeners any more when they come and drink in my bars and show up at my shows and act all insincere and touristy. You cannot buy authenticity at the mall, kids. Figure it out.

[pazix]

also, yeah olympia would be a good place to find work b/c of all of the people I met in my program, but it's also bad for my social claustraphobia. tara's presumable involvement @ evergreen would definitely make it more interesting.

[bludd]

man, i wish i could go to evergreen for ever and ever. i support anyone who does anything remotely like that

[fire_orchid]

Has she taken much/any science at Evergreen/elsewhere? At least in order to complete the science-component of the dual degree you need to fulfill all the requirements of a regular BS, meaning 72 credits in the sciences, 48 of which have to be upper division. I've known a few people who after the fact decided that they were interested in pursuing the BA/BS dual degree and thus had to come back and completely the science half of the degree, and the few times I've seen it, it has involved buckling down and either taking INS or crunching and taking the equivalent classes over the summer before then pursuing upper division science classes. I took not only the Fungal Kingdom but also a smattering of botany classes, and having that background in the general (albeit boring and dry) science was very, very important.

Has she thought about looking into working with Paul Stamets at Fungi Perfecti? He's a character from what I hear and is really doing a lot of great work in the field of Mycology. And is only a short ways outside of Olympia!

[pazix]

We both got really inspired watching the famous Stamets Ted Talk - that led us to his web site, then to the library and we're going to try growing some shiitakes - so we're both pretty amateur at this point, but curious and of course, inspired. I think we'd both be happy doing grunt work at fungi perfecti for 10$ an hour, but I'm not sure we know the right people - though I did work on their web guys house when I was working in Seattle and I seem to recall meeting a dude at a kegger maybe two years ago in Olympia out by "The Place" or whatever it's called who worked there in some capacity. More research needed on that front for sure

[tericarper]

One of my good friend, Anna Lisa's dad works at Fungi Perfecti. He's a food scientist and does quality control tests, I think. He has a masters and 20 years experience. It's not an easy place to get a job for whatever reason.

I, for one, would recommend the INS & M2O route. But if you've seen my journal at all in the past three years you know that. I learned so much and completely changed what I wanted to do with my life because of those classes & the faculty. It's not like it's hard, really, just a LOT of work. You have to be really motivated and that's the problem for most Evergreen students. If she wants to do it, she definitely can.

[xaotica]

what kind of jobs?

[pazix]

we've both applied to all sorts of different jobs. in my case: pizza delivery, grocery store, huge scores of office jobs, mostly with non profits, help desk jobs, education jobs. blahgh. I'm waiting to hear back about an Americorps job working with a non profit to help students after two interviews, so we'll see.

[xaotica]

forward me your resume (i won't send it anywhere w/o permission) and i can likely help =]

[pazix]

having trouble locating your email addy. I'm somethingnoisy at gmail.com