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Serious question. Psychology Career interest

I'm an engineering major so I can't give your a personal anecdote. But I do have a friend currently in a neuroscience program and many friends with psyche degrees.

I do know tht after college you'll probably want a job. Hypothetically, IF you didn't finish your masters/Ph.D for whatever reason, what would you do? It's always a good idea to have a backup plan, and there are TONS of psyche majors (i know at least 4) with bachelors degrees who aren't working anywhere near that field. So just be sure that you're sure before ya jump on it!
 
It was a serious question because it is a complicated career that not many who persue it are too serious about it.
 
You can also consider that a psych degree has an advantage of being applicable to a broad amount of subjects. Human factors is one, where you would help design technology requiring human input and GUIs and such. Maybe find something else that you are interested in or used to be interested in and find a way that psych fits into it and plan your education accordingly.
 
MonKeYDNA said:
You can also consider that a psych degree has an advantage of being applicable to a broad amount of subjects. Human factors is one, where you would help design technology requiring human input and GUIs and such. Maybe find something else that you are interested in or used to be interested in and find a way that psych fits into it and plan your education accordingly.
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it's also worth noting that an understanding of psychology (especially social/behavioral/personality) can be a huge advantage in pretty much any field. if you're dealing with people, having a solid knowledge of how they think and make decisions is always very useful. my undergrad in psych/poli sci didn't get me my job in mathematical finance, but it definitely helps me stand out compared to some of my more "technical" colleagues.
 
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