This Gypsy Life

[wild_stars]

As many of you know, for the past few months I've been bouncing between some pretty sweet jobs. I made a decision a few months ago to do the seasonal thing full time. There are lots of outdoorsy people out there who do it and I had an opportunity to do the same. Basically the goal is to find the most awesome, well paying job in the coolest place

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[wild_stars]

You don't necessarily need a degree to get into this field. The problem occurs when you have only worked as a guide/instructor/counselor and you're burned out of being in the back country and you don't have a degree. That is when you want management jobs like coordinator and director positions which are hard to come by without a relevant degree.
I definitely think most of my jobs have come from my skills, most of which I learned on my own and from friends. Even without my degree there are tons of cool jobs I could get with my experience, and that's what most of those outdoors guiding jobs are about anyway. I'm currently writing a blog:
www.wayfinderali.blogspot.com
which has this same post in it. In a few days I'm going to write a how to article on just what you asked about- how to get into the field.