divefordays
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Hello everyone,
I have been keen on getting into tech for quite awhile now and would like some advice as I plan. Some details about me. I have been diving 6 years now and have ~1300. Most of these were working as a DM in the Philippines and doing reef surveys. I am currently located in Guam doing my masters in coral transcriptomics and would like to pursue a PhD studying mesophotic coral population genetics. There are very few scientists in the world doing this level of diving and I need to be one of the next ones! I would like to get as much Tech training done as possible so that I am a competitive applicant to some of these top notch research labs. I would likely do my training in the Philippines as I know there are some great instructors and courses are usually pretty cheap. As a graduate student in biology, my budget is limited to say the least. I would like to try to bundle some of these tech courses and save some cash. Are there major differences in the tech course prices between agencies like there can be for rec? Is this mainly a function of the specific dive shop?
Thanks!
I have been keen on getting into tech for quite awhile now and would like some advice as I plan. Some details about me. I have been diving 6 years now and have ~1300. Most of these were working as a DM in the Philippines and doing reef surveys. I am currently located in Guam doing my masters in coral transcriptomics and would like to pursue a PhD studying mesophotic coral population genetics. There are very few scientists in the world doing this level of diving and I need to be one of the next ones! I would like to get as much Tech training done as possible so that I am a competitive applicant to some of these top notch research labs. I would likely do my training in the Philippines as I know there are some great instructors and courses are usually pretty cheap. As a graduate student in biology, my budget is limited to say the least. I would like to try to bundle some of these tech courses and save some cash. Are there major differences in the tech course prices between agencies like there can be for rec? Is this mainly a function of the specific dive shop?
Thanks!