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F.O.A.D.

On 3/18/13 5:36 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:52:37 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

For most students, the degree sought is consider no more than an entree
into a field or profession. As an example, it's doubtful you could get
even a decent entry level job in "psychology" without a master's degree.

The problem is, once you move away from academia, there is not a lot
of work in that field. We have a friend who grew up here with our
daughter who got a MA and is working (or has) the PHD, She stayed in
that field. She worked briefly in the prison business but there wasn't
much money in it. She was supplementing her salary hustling real
estate, then that business went to hell. She is now a professor at
Hodges University.

I wasn't addressing whether there was work in the field of psychology.
But, it really depends on the area of concentration. If you are adept at
giving and evaluating psychological tests, there is plenty of work. I
don't know about psychological research. In the area of mental health
counseling, most of the psychologists I have encountered socially seem
awfully caught up in Freud.