If you are interested in becoming a biologist, you've come to the right place. You will learn a lot of things about this field of study. It will help you understand how to become one, what they do on a daily basis and much more.
A biologist spends most of his time studying the living. It mostly consists of humans, animals, and plants. Their research and discoveries are what help us understand the living things in the world. It can also help us, the humans, progress in the medical field and find new cures. There are many kinds of biologists: marine biologists, who study everything living in the water, then there are biochemists, who study and analyze tissue samples and try to make new discoveries, and finally, we have the agricultural scientists, who analyze everything related to the land: whether it is fertile or not, the chemicals in it, and much more.
A biologist studies all the living things on this planet in order to understand how everything functions. These research well help a lot the people who work on finding new cures or drugs for disease that are not curable yet.
A biologist spends most of his time researching certain samples he collected or studying creatures in order to gather some information. Depending on his specific field, a biologist could be only doing research (ex. a biochemist) or he could be doing a lot more studies (ex. a marine biologist)
Depending on the type of the biologist one is, the location varies. A marine biologist spends most of his time on a boat or in an aquarium, a biochemist spends his time in a laboratory, a zoologist stays in a zoo, etc.
To become a biologist, there are a few steps to follow. First of all, you should complete a bachelor's degree in biology. Then, you must choose your specialty:do you want to be a zoologist, a biochemist, a marine biologist, etc.? After that, you will have to complete an internship to gain your first experience. This is the most important yet most fun part. And lastly, the final step of becoming a biologist is acquiring a master's or a doctoral degree. This will help you find jobs a lot more easily.
It depends on two factors. First of all, it depends on what exact biologist you are. Are you a marine biologist, a zoologist, a biochemist? Second of all, it depends on your experience. Is it your first year or is it your 17th? Depending on those factors, the salary is on average 51,000$ and 72,000$, but it can vary between 30,000$ for the newer ones and 95,000$ for the most experienced ones.
To become a good biologist, you will need to learn to be very careful and pay attention to every detail, you will need to be very good in written communication, you will have to be good at math, good at thinking and analyzing things, etc. Overall, you will need to train a lot in order to sharpen your skills.
Depending on the type of biologist you want to be, the danger may vary. For a marine biologist, who works on a boat and in the middle of the ocean, he is constantly exposed to the danger of sinking. For a zoologist, he could get attacked by an animal he is trying to study if he's not careful enough.
The chances that biologists will be replaced soon are pretty low compared to other jobs. Their chances of being replaced are somewhere between 15% and 16%, which is not the lowest you can get but it is far from the highest.
There is no "specific age" to retire for a biologist, meaning that it is no different from other jobs. In any case, it could be a good idea to retire when you are around 60-51 years of age. if you have reached that age and you are still not satisfied of what you accomplished, you may continue to work. This decision is really up to you as long as you don't retire too late
In conclusion, becoming a biochemist is no easy task, and it's just the first step. It does not get any easier when you finally become one. This world is very vast and there are many many things to study and discover. Personally, I find that the fact that only 5% of the ocean has been discovered is really absurd and it frightens me. Anyway, I'm still in Cegep and I still have a long way to go until I can help our humanity to make new discoveries
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