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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am an engineer.

I regret not becoming a child psychologist. My friend gets paid $350/hr. She works part time and makes 2x what I make. Oh well. [/quote]
Your friend had to do a lot more to become a child psychologist (masters, residency, etc..) for her to reach that level.

Also, you have to really like dealing with children.

My niece is a therapist, so less schooling than a psychologist, but she still had to go through a residency.  She worked with a troubled youth program. Yikes, she told me some seriously crazy stories about her time there.

Grass is not always greener on the other side.  I, for one, would not want to deal with people and their craziness.  I have a hard enough time dealing with my kids', DH's and my own issues.[/quote]

Not only that, you need to build up an UMC clientele.  A relative of mine from a private school in NYC is going to become a child psychologist and I am sure will make out quite well because she is already part of society that pays crazy amounts for this and will leverage her connections.

However, that's not anywhere close to the majority.  Most work for government agencies and don't get paid much at all.[/quote]

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