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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Librarian. I previously loved my job, but salaries have been flat for so long, it's not worth taking out loans to pay tuition, if your parents or trust isn't paying. [/quote]

+1.  Technology has really changed the job, too.  It's not about books and finding answers for people anymore.  It's all about data management.  The expectations are high and the budgets are low.  Also, the job market is lousy.  My company used to have 10 professional librarians.  Now, there are only 2.

If you're a public librarian, you also get to play social worker to the homeless, drug addicted and mentally ill populations.

I don't regret my career, but I do cringe whenever I hear someone say that they're pursuing an MLS because I think they'll be in for a rude awakening.[/quote]

Yep, former librarian here. I was lucky enough to land a job right out of library school, but the pay is ridiculously low and the chance of advancement is just depressing. I cannot stress how much of my masters program (which I otherwise enjoyed!) was focusing on the crummy job market. People keep saying that there is going to be a massive retirement wave, but that hasn't happened. I really enjoyed the digital aspects of the job but was constantly finding that any training I wanted had to be done on my own time (and budget). And I got tired of justifying my job.

Also, the glass escalator effect is terrible, so if you are a woman looking to advance you have that working against you as well!

Oh, and why did I become a librarian? Simple...because both my parents were lawyers and they spent my entire childhood complaining, ha. [/quote]

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