What do you do?

Nice man, congrats! Try not to die and enjoy it

There's a degree in forest management? What an oddly specific field.

What people call a Forestry degree (What a Forester has) nowdays. Double major forest management and wildlife management with a minor in biology.

From the quick result on google. There are approximately 29800 people employed as a Conservation Scientists and Foresters in the United States.

As the southest now outproduces the pacific northwest in forest products it's a pretty good career in the southeast. Forest products company such as Weyerhaeuser, Champion, Georgia Pacific, State and Federal agencies and too many to count smaller ones and landowners all require a BS. Techs now will normally have an associates degree.

While going to school and what I do now is a designed, drafted, and managed the fabrication of the stuff shown in my avatar. Not a lot of crossover lol. Maybe now finally heh.

But off my forestry rant. I put it in politics and seems like the economy is picking up, at least to me. I've gotten more interest in jobs in the last 3 months than the last 3 years combined, referring people for jobs, asking me if I know anyone who would fit into a job, and most are expansion related jobs into existing companies.

There's an employment shortage in the SF tech industry right now. More positions than there are people.

Genentech is in South San Francisco and they're a massive employer in the area. Have Google-style buses that transport employees from the city to there. I know there are a lot of biotech automation companies around too. Like Intuitive Surgical. Might have to look into the Silicon Valley area.

grumblethorn said:

i think i need to go back on the market. gotten a little lazy in my current position.

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Several of the owners I talked to where "I just need to find SOMEONE", sounded pretty desperate.

Alex said:

There's an employment shortage in the SF tech industry right now. More positions than there are people.

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That's because its California..

It's not a people shortage, it's a housing shortage. Lots of people wanting to move into the bay who can't because there's nowhere to live. I don't mean not affordable, I mean literally nowhere to live.

We're damn lucky to rent a house close to my office. Most people spend all their time on shuttles. It's a stellar area and the climate is unbeatable, but goddamn do the housing rules really stifle progress.

That is also very true. There's nowhere to live in SF. There's just not enough land to support the demand.

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That is also very true. There's nowhere to live in SF. There's just not enough land to support the demand.

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Thats not actually true. There is plenty of areas they could rezone and build up.

Its just a giant NIMBY clusterfuck. Probably the most poorly run city in the country after Detroit.

No one wants to build "up" though. We really like our Victorian houses and ability to see the sun.

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No one wants to build "up" though. We really like our Victorian houses and ability to see the sun.

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As I said. NIMBY

Not building up might be a good thing.


They call it "The Leaning Tower of San Francisco."

Borzak said:

Not building up might be a good thing.


They call it "The Leaning Tower of San Francisco."

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That tower has nothing to do with building up and all to do with poor Engineering. They didn't anchor the foundation correctly.

Yeah that tower is a huge joke. And it was some of the most expensive housing in the city at one point.

The city is pretty dense in a lot of ways. It's the rest of the peninsula that needs to be growing. The whole stretch from San Fran to San Jose has a 3 story cap on construction.

I've made my peace with it. I'm still making a shitload more than I was back east even accounting for housing costs. I'll just never own anything unless I jump ship for a startup that hits.

Heylel said:

The city is pretty dense in a lot of ways. It's the rest of the peninsula that needs to be growing. The whole stretch from San Fran to San Jose has a 3 story cap on construction.

I've made my peace with it. I'm still making a shitload more than I was back east even accounting for housing costs. I'll just never own anything unless I jump ship for a startup that hits.

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San Fransisco isn't that dense compared to other large cities. Just raze the tenderloin and build up.