If you were a psych major, what kind of work are you doing now?

[Anonymous]

Physician

[Anonymous]

lawyer. it's a useless major but was fun to read.

[Anonymous]

MD (internist)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:lawyer. it's a useless major but was fun to read.

There is no such thing as a useless major.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I studied industrial/organizational psych and human factors. It’s a great track if you like psych but don’t want to be a clinician. With such a degree to could develop corporate selection/retention programs or design workplaces/technologies to be more user/worker friendly.

Interesting that you mentioned this. My daughter is interested in psychology and HR. I just recently found out about this track so we are doing some research on it. I don’t want her to just get a general psychology degree unless she also has a minor/major in something like marketing.

[Anonymous]

I’m a psychologist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A bachelors in psychology is essentially worthless. It’s a degree that requires grad school to turn into any sort of career in the field. I have BA in psych. I intended pursue a psyD, but life happened and I never went back. I have worked a variety of jobs from retail to preschool teacher to ABA therapist, but have never made over $40k.

Got a Psych degree and worked in Fintech right out of college. Psychology was useful especially when I become a manager.

[Anonymous]

BS in Psych then MSW. Social worker for 25+ years.

[Anonymous]

Got a PhD and am a researcher at a university

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:BS in Psych then MSW. Social worker for 25+ years.

Lots of MSWs started out with psych undergrads. I feel like I know many more who started out psych than with SW undergrad major (which was what I did).

[Anonymous]

I got a PhD and worked in school and community mental health programs doing psychotherapy, prevention work and consultation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:lawyer. it's a useless major but was fun to read.

Couldn’t be too useless as you’re a lawyer now. In fact to get into law school, you could major in anything so if that’s you’re interest why not?

[Anonymous]

Stay at home.mother

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stay at home.mother

+1....but it has been useful in dealing with my teens!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A bachelors in psychology is essentially worthless. It’s a degree that requires grad school to turn into any sort of career in the field. I have BA in psych. I intended pursue a psyD, but life happened and I never went back. I have worked a variety of jobs from retail to preschool teacher to ABA therapist, but have never made over $40k.

Got a Psych degree and worked in Fintech right out of college. Psychology was useful especially when I become a manager.

You just proved the point that you can’t work in the psych field with only a bachelors.