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freddurgan
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Anyone here get a job with a Psych degree?
#3097167 - 09/05/04 11:29 PM (19 years, 5 months ago) |
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Yes, I did post about hating engineering a while ago, and maybe I'm thinking about changing majors, and MAYBE I'm thinking about Psychology. I find it interesting.
Does anyone have a Psych degree here? Do you have a job, lol? Do you have a BS? MS? Ph.D?
What do you do?
Where did you get it?
Are you having a good time with it?
Humor me.
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mushieangel
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Re: Anyone here get a job with a Psych degree? [Re: freddurgan]
#3097192 - 09/05/04 11:33 PM (19 years, 5 months ago) |
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i have a BA in psych
AND NO JOB AT ALL
but none of the people who just graduated do... i have a pre-med friend working at ups, and a science degree friend at red lobster
*sigh*
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abhi
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Re: Anyone here get a job with a Psych degree? [Re: freddurgan]
#3097202 - 09/05/04 11:34 PM (19 years, 5 months ago) |
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Psychology is definitely very interesting
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freddurgan
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Re: Anyone here get a job with a Psych degree? [Re: abhi]
#3097212 - 09/05/04 11:35 PM (19 years, 5 months ago) |
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Quote:
aje said: Psychology is definitely very interesting
Sure is. But I'm afraid of majoring in it if I'm just going to end up living with my parents and working at Red Lobster 
But if I like it..I should go for it I guess.
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Phishgrrl
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Re: Anyone here get a job with a Psych degree? [Re: freddurgan]
#3097227 - 09/05/04 11:37 PM (19 years, 5 months ago) |
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I want to go into psych too. but if i did, i'd go all the way. that's about the only way to get a job.
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Re: Anyone here get a job with a Psych degree? [Re: freddurgan]
#3097254 - 09/05/04 11:41 PM (19 years, 5 months ago) |
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I wanted to go into the health profession a while ago and always looked at their job opennings, and I did see some openings for psych majors. They were some assistant jobs that required a 4 year degree and they didn't specify how much they made which usually means its decent.
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Re: Anyone here get a job with a Psych degree? [Re: freddurgan]
#3097356 - 09/06/04 12:09 AM (19 years, 5 months ago) |
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you can get a great job with a psych degree.
its called: grad school
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Re: Anyone here get a job with a Psych degree? [Re: DoctorJ]
#3097386 - 09/06/04 12:14 AM (19 years, 5 months ago) |
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Re: Anyone here get a job with a Psych degree? [Re: freddurgan]
#3098138 - 09/06/04 07:22 AM (19 years, 5 months ago) |
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All the psych degree folks I know either don't use it or have no jobs. You can get a good job selling insurance with it.
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Re: Anyone here get a job with a Psych degree? [Re: freddurgan]
#3098183 - 09/06/04 07:55 AM (19 years, 5 months ago) |
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I had same situation as you ...I started majoring in Electrical engineering and Math..
ended up changing to child psych and Math
Left school 6 credits short of a dbl major to help out my father
I have my own business now but use my skills everyday dealing with ppl
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Re: Anyone here get a job with a Psych degree? [Re: freddurgan]
#3098260 - 09/06/04 08:31 AM (19 years, 5 months ago) |
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i know people with psych degrees who teach middle school and sell real estate
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Re: Anyone here get a job with a Psych degree? [Re: muse_sick]
#3098276 - 09/06/04 08:39 AM (19 years, 5 months ago) |
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You can do a shitload with a psych degree. If you cannot get a job yourself, get your own practice started.
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Re: Anyone here get a job with a Psych degree? [Re: MAGnum]
#3098309 - 09/06/04 08:48 AM (19 years, 5 months ago) |
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I got a psych degree 30 years ago. I never intended it to be job training, I knew I'd be in business. I've been a carpenter for 30 years and a contractor for over 20. The best thing about a psych degree is that it had some of the least requirements and I could take pretty much anything I wanted to. My education is actually more what was typically called liberal arts, although there is a pretty heavy sprinkling of real science (which is not what most psych is).
If you want a career I would strongly suggest some work in construction during the summer. If you like it and you're smart you'll be able to write your own ticket, at least around NYC. You can't find any English speaking help and those that can are quite well paid.
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