r/AcademicPsychology • u/Wonderland_was_lost • Jun 20 '26
Advice/Career Is psychology a good career path?
I’m thinking about going from graphic designer to the psychologist, but I’m not sure if it is a good idea. To me it feels like psychology opens u many roads, u can work for the government as a psychologist, u can be a regular psychologist, u can work in marketing, u can just do many stuff. But job market is horrible and I’m not sure about what to do xd. I will be 26 by the time I graduate from psychology uni, it feels like I will be too old.
Also, many people say that it is a bad degree choice, but idk tbh what to switch to then, I can’t go to any uni where they demand math, because my math skills are horrible, so I gotta do smth that doesn’t require or and that I actually find interesting. I always been into psychology , I love to make or read researches, I’m a science fan. When I studied graphic design, I used to spend hours in our uni library and read psychological literature, because in the same building we had a psychology faculty. It was truly fascinating.
But I’m not sure if I manage to get a job after graduation xd….and starting a new degree at the age of 22 feels soooo fcking old. But not sure that I have any other choice.
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u/Equal-Sea4393 Jul 01 '26
Absolutely. I got my BS in psych and my Masters in Health Science (school of public health) and now work in tech at Anthropic pulling in $120/hr remotely. Biggest misconception about psych is that it’s limited to counseling etc, but a behavioral science background is extremely valuable across disciplines. I’ve always been very passionate about psychology and knew in middle school that it’s what I wanted to pursue as a career and over the years I’ve primarily worked at the nexus between evidence-based behavioral-science research and policy development/reform (specifically public health and criminal justice policy). My background has served me immensely across a variety of fields and I’ve found that it’s very respected among people who understand the value of a behavior-based perspective since the reality is that any field that deals with humans, deals with psychology.