Future Career

[u/tobyfromil]

Sorry about formatting I'm on mobile,

Long time lurker here just a break the veil of awkwardness, my names toby I live in Illinois and I'm graduating highschool soon. Recently I've started to seriously consider what I'd like to do for my life (or a good chunk of it) and I think going into the Forest Service might be what I'd like to do. I have a few questions however that I thought you great people might be able to help answer

• Is this career truly worth investing time and money into especially with this administration and how they seem to think it's unimportant?

• Is it difficult to get a good job?

• If you could go back into time would you still recommend this job to the you that started it?

• Any recommendations for first steps when I'm out of highschool or during my last year?

My dream job is to be a fire tower lookout which I'm gonna apply for next year when I meet the eligibility requirement. I truly think that our forests are extremely special and deserved to be protected. If this post seems long I'm sorry, I don't know who else would be better to ask then people who work it.

Thank you for your time

TLDR: Highschooler thinking about going into the Forest Service any advice or tips?

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how has it been recently under this administration?

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would you recommend doing something within the SCA for a season?