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Anonymous01/09/26, 22:57No.2856976/out/ jobs
I'm applying to conservation corps. I know the pay is going to shit but I'm retarded and I think it's cool to camp and work on trails all day.
Anyone have experiences with /out/ jobs?
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Anon01/09/26, 23:11No.2856977
Maintaining trails is pretty cool. Joining totalitarian government enforcing private clubs is pretty gay.
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Anon01/09/26, 23:26No.2856979
I volunteer for a trail association. /out/ work in my region doesn't pay the bills unfortunately.
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Anon01/09/26, 23:41No.2856981
Ecologist is a pretty good middle ground for field and then transition to office/specialist species when you get sick of the field. Pay isn't terrible out here either.
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Anon01/10/26, 13:37No.2857058
https://youtu.be/9-fHJHGcLMo
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Anon01/12/26, 21:39No.2857417
I can't afford /out/ jobs. Realistically I don't know any millennials or zoomers who can. It's going the way of the dodo.
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Anon01/12/26, 23:51No.2857429
I want to go back to mowing yards. It was much more fun chainsmoking with my boss and pushing a mower than listening to browns yap about bullshit for izzat.
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Anon01/13/26, 00:21No.2857431
Land Surveying. Been doing it over ten years and ive seen some beautiful spots.
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Anon01/13/26, 13:21No.2857498
I have worked as a Land Surveyor in multiple industries and multiple continents, if you are interested ask away, I could type away a big spiel but desu I kinda can't be fucked but I will answer questions with depth if interested
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Anon01/13/26, 14:40No.2857510
It's slave wages, and if it's trails they will drag your ass through hell and high water, but with one season under your belt you'll have a good shot at any WG-03 or 04 trails position with the feds. Which is to say, the best job in the world.
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Anon01/13/26, 16:30No.2857524
I work as an exploration geologist for a big mining company in Canada. I've been able to travel internationally as well to some of the coolest places. I've just got back from a project in Arizona. I've travelled to places like Nahanni, remote arctic islands, parts of Alaska, the deserts of Chile, Namibia etc. It's probably the most out job ever. I get paid to stay in fly camps we set up in the mountains even.
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Anon01/27/26, 00:11No.2859212
I’m a geologist. Licensed and everything.
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Anon01/27/26, 01:14No.2859222
I'm deploying to Antarctica in 2 Weeks. Has anyone here been to McMurdo?
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Anon01/27/26, 01:17No.2859223
Game Warden might be an alright /out/ job. You get to stop Asians from poaching 10,000 undersized fish
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Anon02/04/26, 10:16No.2860220
being a railroad conductor was actually a pretty good /out/ job, if you can call it that:
>depending on where you work out of, most of your territory can be quite remote between towns/stations
>working outside year-round, all weather, -50c to +40c
>see pretty much every local wildlife species after working long enough in the same area
>see auroras and meteors and other interesting/beautiful natural phenomena because you're awake & outside at strange hours
>don't have to deal with many people (besides one crewmate that is different every trip)
>make good money
main downside is not having any schedule/time to plan good /out/ings.looking forward to doing mineral sampling with a geologist buddy this spring. a REAL /out/ job.
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Anon02/04/26, 22:25No.2860269
I thought /out/ jobs that made good money were impossible to find too bros. I left kitchens after 15 years and got a seasonal job working for a fertilizer company. I started early spring and they paid for me to get my pesticide applicator license. They started me at $22 an hour. It was hard work with long days but plenty of overtime. Good money but had to work lots of weekends. Well I started to hate that job for many reasons, but then I found out most municipal grounds maintenance jobs require a pesticide license. So I applied to a parks and rec maintenance worker position for a city near me. They hired me because of my outdoor experience, and I already had the pesticide license. They paid for me tonget my CDL B. They started me at $24 and hour. Doing everything from trail maintenance to mowing fields, tree removal, digging Graves, lining soccer fields, plowing/salting. Its a great job and union too. I just got my certified playground inspector license($200 test)and moved to a better city more near where I live doing the same work, but now I make $26 an hour working 40 hours a week with maybe 100 hours overtime a year. Its possible to find good outside jobs, but you have to start from the bottom. Give yourself a 5 year plan. Good luck.
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Anon02/05/26, 08:43No.2860316
Anyone here train to become a ranger?
What about a firewatch? Id love to be a firewatch, i know the job basically doesn't exist anymore, but I'd love to be one.
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Anon02/11/26, 17:19No.2860941
Drilling in central or west Texas. You will live on the drill site.
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Anon02/13/26, 05:22No.2861065
One time while camping in the woods in eastern AZ around 2012, my friends and I came across a guy who's entire job with the Forest Service was going to old or semi-abandoned backwoods trails that their map data for was outdated (or gone), hiking them in their entirety, and logging his hike with surveying tools. I thought that was the coolest job I had ever even heard of, and he said he had to get on a waiting list for 3 years before a spot finally opened up.Also he ripped our bong before heading out in exchange for some pipe tobacco.
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Anon02/16/26, 20:56No.2861386
Reindeer herding
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Anon02/21/26, 15:46No.2861833
bamp for interest. there's no /out/ job where i live, but if i try to apply for one in the neighboring towns there's 0 chance I'll get hired since they're only ever hires local hicks that they can pay far below the minimum wage
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Anon03/14/26, 08:31No.2863492
not exactly /out/ but working offside on a diamond drill rig is great if you want good money and incredible views for doing hard labor. Weather can be miserable and the camp life sucks but the money is fantastic and you get to see some incredible parts of the world.
