u/kaddras019

If you’re an environmental planner I’d love to hear how you got there, where you work (vaguely), what you do day to day, what you make, what you majored in, masters etc.

Is wildlife engineering and restoration engineering a viable career path (eventually) or too niche?

Like every other college student, I’m having an existential crisis about my major in this job market.

I was thinking of doing civil/environmental engineering as a major. I would be interested in working in government fields like eco/wildlife engineering where they ensure wildlife safely coexists with our architecture or restoring/rebuilding lost habitats.

Less niche fields like sustainability or even agriculture/renewable energy also interest me. I like nature and would like to not be in an office every day. I want to help the earth and I think I’d enjoy some aspects of engineering but it is not at all what I wanted to do lol. I wanted to work in entertainment which is currently collapsing or urban/enviormental design which is underpaid.

I’m also a girl and I’m a little scared of going into what is known as a male dominated field. I’m sure that’s less prevalent nowadays but it still makes me nervous. I also suck at math I think. Maybe I’d be good if I tried but I definitely sucked in highschool.

Thanks in advance!