Tag: education
Geospatial Career Q&A with Undergraduate Part 4 – Long Term Career Planning
In Part 1, I posted a line of questioning I received from a soon-to-graduate geography major. My response is in 3 parts: (1) summer suggestions, (2) hitting the job market next year, and (3) long-term (3-5 years) career positioning. In Part 2 I provided suggestions for what to do this summer. In Part 3 I cover hitting the job [...]
Geospatial Career Q&A with Undergraduate Part 2 – Summer Suggestions
In Part 1, I posted a line of questioning I received from a soon-to-graduate geography major. You’ll want to go back and read Part 1 if you haven’t already because otherwise my response may not make sense. My response is in 3 parts: (1) summer suggestions, (2) hitting the job market next year, and (3) [...]
Geospatial Career Q&A with Undergraduate
I recently received the following email from a student nearing graduation with a bachelor’s degree and seeking geospatial career advice. Mr. Holman, You’re obviously a busy guy, so I’ll try not to make this too protracted. I just wanted to say “thank you” for writing your blog.The perspective you have as someone versed in both [...]
Summer Ideas for the Young and Broke
For college students or recent graduates who are reading my blog posts on Spatial Careers and trying to figure out how to use their summer months productively, I would recommend reading the advice below from James Altucher. This is quoted from a recent blog post with several different questions that he received during his regular Thursday [...]
Spatial Career Guide – Cartography and Visualization Specialist
This is my third post in the Spatial Career series. I’ve covered GIS Software Developer and Geospatial Analyst and in this post I will provide guidance to the aspiring cartographer and/or visualization specialist. Of the six paths that I set out to cover in this series this might be the one that I know the [...]
Spatial Career Guide – How to Become a Geospatial Analyst
In my last post I proposed 5 skills to develop during college that should help you become a successful GIS Software Developer as part of my series of blog posts on Spatial Careers. In this post I’m writing about the Geospatial Analyst career track. This one is more challenging because the path isn’t well defined. The [...]
Schools are Teaching our Children to be Sedentary and Obese
I recently read an interesting article in the New York Times entitled “Is Sitting a Lethal Activity“? While I was reading the article it occurred to me that most schools are rewarding the most sedentary children and punishing children whose bodies are doing everything they can to get the exercise they need. My son is [...]
The Higher Education Bubble, the Uncollege Movement and My Current Plan for Educating Three Children
A few years ago it occurred to me that college tuition had reached bubble territory. Why would anyone pay $50,000 per year plus living expenses only to find themselves waiting tables or working as a barista at Starbucks after graduation? And I don’t mean to imply that there’s something wrong with these jobs – there’s [...]
