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MemberCompsognathusJul-09-2014 8:37 AMNow, A fair amount of you on this site, Have always wondered what it'd be like to discover a new Dinosaur, or uncover a fossil...
But, Did you know you can do that right now?
At your age.
(Or any age)
Anything, Is acheivable if you start somewhere.
I present a Theoretical Guide for Becomeing a Paleontologist:
Find your local dinosaur Museum.
Ask about a summer job.
Move up from summer job to Part time job.
Stay at part time job until you know some of the Museums Paleontoligsts fairly well.
Ask if you can go on a dig with them.
Ask if you can go on antoher.
Start Routinely And Activley participating in digs.
Go to college, Get your degree in that field.
Return to your musuem.
Go get some Sponsors to fund your dig.
Go dig.
Repeat all steps in a new town. Become ultimate troll.
I kid on that last part, But sometimes It is as simple as that. Just like many things in life, You need to know someone who knows what their doing, to get into it. Hence why you need to go on multiple digs.
I know Renknown Paleos. Such as Horner and Backer Have been in Drumheller for times working on the sites up here. They tend to take what they find back to the states though.
Anyways, if you get a Renknown Paleo to suggest you for a dig, Your golden.
(I posted this Because It's currently only been me and Dinosteve on the forums for the past two hours... This site is too addictive... "It's like internet cocaine." COming from someone who doesn't do drugs... That kinda sums it up...)
Well... Folks I'm out for today I guess...
Guess I'll go cook some food or something...
Sure is lonely...
I'm gettin' outta here.
Peace.
Life cannot be contained, it breaks walls, crashes through barriers sometimes painfully, but uh... Life uh, finds a way
Lord Vader
MemberTyrannosaurus RexJul-09-2014 8:43 AMNice topic Paden. I thought there was schooling and sh!t too though. This way seems easier, and cheaper.
Jack of all trades. Master of none
JP Carnotaur
MemberCompsognathusJul-09-2014 8:43 AMThanks Paden. I want to be a paleontologist in the future. I may volunteer at the academy of natural sciences this summer and I think help escavate a Argentinasaurus.
The giant gate that read Jurassic Park was ruined. The gates where torn off and their where pieces of them all over the ground. Muldoon saw herbivore foot prints maybe Parasaurs or the Trike herd W
Carnosaur
MemberCompsognathusJul-09-2014 8:45 AMI've already been on a couple digs, dug up some icthyosaur remains. Real cool stuff, i highly reccomend it to all of you
Nature doesn't deceive us; it is we who deceive ourselves.
JRR
MemberCompsognathusJul-09-2014 9:04 AMive never as a child wanted to be a paleontologist, even if i wanted to there are no museums here, there are no excavation sites in the state and i bet if they where id die of the heat
Rex Fan 684
MemberCompsognathusJul-09-2014 9:17 AMFound a few fossils myself(OK, more than a few) and the feeling of finding something is always a satisfying one.
Raptor-401
MemberAllosaurusJul-09-2014 10:02 AMAw Paden, you always manage to make me laugh with your posts, it would be sad if you did go offline more often.
IT'S TIME TO DU-DU-DU-DU-DUEL!!!
Raptor-401
MemberAllosaurusJul-09-2014 10:03 AMBut this is good advice, thank you for helping me. The question is WHAT career do I want???...
IT'S TIME TO DU-DU-DU-DU-DUEL!!!
Carnosaur
MemberCompsognathusJul-09-2014 10:08 AMPaleobiology and paleobotany are two of the biggest choices out there
Nature doesn't deceive us; it is we who deceive ourselves.
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MemberCompsognathusJul-09-2014 12:21 PM@Rexfan
What'd you dig up?
I've only found some Limestone with Shells in it so far. But, I hope to one day go on a Dig with the team in Drumheller.
@Mr.Happy
However, If you do wish to become a Full blown, You run your own dig, Right off the bat, And skip a few years and some of these steps. I'd recommend going to A college for it.
Horner, Or Bakker... One of the two, Went to the University of Wyoming, As did a lot of Paleos.
Life cannot be contained, it breaks walls, crashes through barriers sometimes painfully, but uh... Life uh, finds a way
Lord Vader
MemberTyrannosaurus RexJul-09-2014 12:30 PMAlright. Sounds interesting either way. Something to look into after high school depending on how I do in my auto classes.
Jack of all trades. Master of none
DinoSteve93
MemberCompsognathusJul-09-2014 12:55 PMMy goal is to become a paleoartist rather. Though this HAS some relation to your topic.
I honestly think, it is very possible, and even likely that I get to be a paleoartist in the near future, looking at what happened to other paleoartists, that were just like me at the beginning.
Oh, and thanks to RexFan, I get Jack Horner to give feedback on my art ;)
So yeah. Likely as I said.
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Lord Vader
MemberTyrannosaurus RexJul-09-2014 12:58 PMThat's pretty cool DS.
Jack of all trades. Master of none
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MemberCompsognathusJul-09-2014 1:15 PMReally DS?
Thee Jack Horner.
I've seen your art before, It's rather impressive, I can see why he'd take an Interest in your work.
Life cannot be contained, it breaks walls, crashes through barriers sometimes painfully, but uh... Life uh, finds a way
DinoSteve93
MemberCompsognathusJul-09-2014 1:23 PMThanks you Paden.
And I don't know if he is interested or not, but he gave me feedback that helped me become better. This is a good start!
He said he likes my latest 3 paintings, the Deinonychus, Austroraptor and Kronosaurus.
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DinoSteve93
MemberCompsognathusJul-09-2014 1:28 PMUh, didn't show him. Tom is more fiction, isn't really something I'd show to a paleontologist,... that's kind of rude anyway
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Raptor-401
MemberAllosaurusJul-09-2014 1:29 PMoH, so sorry dude. Well that is really cool, though I respect Jack and his theories. Sorry If I offended you...
IT'S TIME TO DU-DU-DU-DU-DUEL!!!
Raptor-401
MemberAllosaurusJul-09-2014 1:29 PMSorry, sometimes I don't really think before i post...
IT'S TIME TO DU-DU-DU-DU-DUEL!!!
DinoSteve93
MemberCompsognathusJul-09-2014 1:30 PMHaha, you didn't offend me at all.
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MemberCompsognathusJul-09-2014 1:33 PMIf we thought before we posted...
There woiuld be a lot more deaths and grammar nazis.
Life cannot be contained, it breaks walls, crashes through barriers sometimes painfully, but uh... Life uh, finds a way
Lord Vader
MemberTyrannosaurus RexJul-09-2014 1:35 PMVondem Furher!
Jack of all trades. Master of none
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MemberCompsognathusJul-09-2014 1:43 PMSie sind es falsche Eingabe Deutsch Knospe ...
Life cannot be contained, it breaks walls, crashes through barriers sometimes painfully, but uh... Life uh, finds a way
Gojira2K
MemberCompsognathusJul-09-2014 1:43 PMGreat topic. My dream job is a Paleontologist, so thanks.y
"There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self." - Ernest Hemingway.
Raptor-401
MemberAllosaurusJul-09-2014 1:44 PMI have no idea what is going on here...
IT'S TIME TO DU-DU-DU-DU-DUEL!!!
DinoSteve93
MemberCompsognathusJul-09-2014 1:45 PMI'm with you Raptor.
Shall the almighty Banana protect us from the Nazis.
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MemberCompsognathusJul-09-2014 1:45 PMWas meinst du mit Raptor, Wir sind aber im Gespräch in der Zunge des Vaters Land.
Life cannot be contained, it breaks walls, crashes through barriers sometimes painfully, but uh... Life uh, finds a way
Sci-Fi King25
MemberAllosaurusJul-09-2014 2:42 PMWow. I never though it was this easy.
“Banana oil.”- George Takei, Gigantis: The Fire Monster
Silver_Falcon
MemberCompsognathusJul-09-2014 2:49 PMTo anyone who can't figure out how to use google translate, Mr. Happy attempted to speak german, then paden called him out on it. Then raptor and dino steve said something about dankey kang and his banana protecting them from the nazis, to which paden replied that raptor is silly, and that he was speaking in the tongue of the father land.
Here, have a waffle (-'.')-#
DinoSteve93
MemberCompsognathusJul-09-2014 2:53 PMoh, in that case, the Nazi comment was directed towards MrHappy.
Hope I didn't offense you in any way Paden. I know this can become offensive, so sorry.
Though, the almighty Banana really helps!
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