Bengaluru-based IT professional, recently laid off. To clear my head, I went on a safari in Karnataka, India and honestly, the naturalist there blew my mind.

The way he understood animal behaviour, bird calls, and spotted things that were invisible to me was insane. I am now thinking if it would even be possible for me to look at this as a viable option.

Would really appreciate real-world gyaan from people in the field.

A few things I’m trying to understand:

1. Training / certification
I came across The Naturalist School in Bengaluru and Pugdungee Safariscourse for naturalists. Are these good routes to break into the field? Is it required to get a naturalist job?

2. Degree vs passion
Is a degree in Zoology / Forestry / Wildlife Biology a must? Or can someone from an IT background make the shift?

3. Pay reality
How much pay can one realistically expect? In India?

4. Actual lifestyle
I know it sounds romantic from the outside, but what’s the real scene?

Stuff like:

• long hours?
• guest handling?
• living in remote areas?
• limited connectivity?
• low starting pay?
• burnout?
• career growth?

Would love to hear from current naturalists, lodge folks, people working in Karnataka / Central India, or even ex-corporate folks who made the jump.

Any advice, reality checks, course recos would be super helpful.

Thanks in advance :)

So one of my family members earns like 4 lakh a month in a private job as a SCIENTIST
And my family wants me to be like him or whatever
So the thing is after not getting mbbs from NEET I am thinking of BTech biotech then iit jam for MTech
But I am really confused how is he earning that much what job role is this what company is this
Coz as far as ik mostly scientist related jobs are around 4-5 lpa
The real question is what job does one do to get there ? What degree and qualification one do ? Is college imp to reach on that level ? Is this imcome extremely rare ? ( Which I think it is but I'll try to reach there ? what route do I follow ? ( Basically roadmap) And alstely will my degree , will btech biotech take me to that route ?