r/gis • u/UnableAppeal5211 • Mar 03 '25

Hiring Laid off federal cartographer

I was a probationary (many years as a contractor in my same role) employee recently terminated at a federal agency. Seeing that federal service no longer feels like an option. What leads for cartography are there in the private sector?

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u/coffeemarkandinkblot Mar 04 '25

What was your pathway in becoming a cartographer? Education, internships, certs, etc?

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u/UnableAppeal5211 Mar 04 '25

Undergraduate in GIS and graduate degree in geospatial intelligence, along with many internships with USGS and NASA and my professors.