Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Zeraph
"
Similar question to Ben's, I am just about to get my BA in Psychology, besides personal interests what do you recommend? Or recommend to stay away from? (talking about any fields that have to do with psychology: psychiatry, neuro, physio, cognitive, developmental, etc.) Like any fields about to become more important in the future? Or would clinical really make ya (most people) jaded? Any advice at all would be appreciated, thanks.
|
I am jaded. I was very idealistic and intellectually curious about psych and neuro topics when I was a younger, but now it is just part of who I am. The mystery and romanticism are all gone. It's simply a body of knowledge that I have learned, no different than computer programming or rebuilding an engine.
I don't mean to be a smartass, but this is really not something I can advise a stranger on. If money is important to you (and believe me, it gets more important the older you get), avoid Ph.D. programs unless you are a bonified genius who wants to spend your entire underpaid life in an academic wonderland. Don't go to grad school because you can't figure out what you want to do. . . only go if you know exactly what you want to do, and grad school is the path to get there.