Thanks to folks like Bob paving a road for pond mgmt the lean times were not as long as his. I put out lots of pinestraw the 2 years after getting my masters in Fisheries before I was finally able to work more in winter time on running my business. I showed ok profits after 5 years.
On the degree, I will probably not hire another employee unless they have one. It is not really for the degree as much as knowing they have desire to be in thes field. The passion is what I want b/c that will help drive up my profits. Make sense?
I persoanally learned more form wokring in the filed for 2 years both what worked and where I could improve the methods, etc. more than I did getting the degree. However the background of the degree is important as well b/c it helps in overall understanding of concepts applied everyday on job, so do not want to down play its importance.
Chris I will be getting another intern this summer, send me an email if interested in coming down to GA.
