Originally Posted by
oleary
Not a chance in h*ll and that's after 54 years (part of it in management), 17K hrs R/W and 4500 hrs F/W
If I had a son or daughter I would do everything in my power to dissuade them.
Maybe after you get some experience, you will change your mind.
I say the guy should go for it. It's not like he can't go back to being a geologist if it doesn't work out. Some sectors of the business are not the easiest to get into, but far from impossible. In the US, just about everybody is hiring right now. In a year, who knows? The industry doesn't generally lay off but hiring will slow down in a bad economy, just like any other job.