Avoid Rad con, it is overfilled and the pay is stagnant. If you are willing to move, start out as a Nuclear Plant equipment operator working towards Senior Reactor Operator. Check each of the 100 nuclear plant sites to see when they are accepting applications. They take people off the street (No Navy needed) and train you from the ground up. Your degree should give you an edge. There is big money possible, and a chance to use your science degree. Another idea you may look into in a becoming a Patent Agent. It requires a science degree like that you have, and taking the Patent agent test. (That is a hard test, and will require some legal training, but you do not need to be an attorney). A patent agent assists inventors in preparing the patent forms for obtaining a patent. (Kind of like what Einstein did before he became the Einstein we know, working in a patent office). He does everything a patent attorney does but does not appear in court. Companies pay big time for this job, and many opening in the Silicon Valley area. Don't settle for a rad tech, whatever you do as you will regret it. I work with many grads under thirty and are miserable just swinging a meter. The pay is good, it pays the bills, but it is like purgatory to them. Someone with a BA in science can do some much better. I am working on getting the additional units to became a patent agent someday myself.
