I’m curious why did you all chose GIS as a career, as is a “niche” field. It’s widely used but not much people know about it.

In my case I studied History & Geography and had to use GIS during one course. I really liked it and I also like to code, so I guessed GIS could be a career for me as I didn’t want to be a teacher back then.

I’m now finishing a GIS Maters and working as a GIS analyst, using python to automate routines. Is my first job in the field (started as an intern).

  • @mr_rusty_shackleford
    4•1 year ago

    I remember sitting in a geography 101 class, and the professor mentioned I could work with satellites, and was immediately hooked. Got through my undergrad, and after a few years working in a super boring unrelated job went back and got my masters. Through my projects had to teach myself to code because ESRI was garbage. After that my career blew up, and never looked back.