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Did your career path line up with your education?

I sunk myself deeply into debt for a college degree in psychology. Yes, I was able to use it, and the job was nothing short of a nightmare. I've never been around more miserable people in my entire life, and the pay was shit. They would not train me, and they were constantly punishing me for not doing what I didn't know to do. I told them to shove it any which way they prefer, and now I'm blowing up shit in the surface mines for damn good money. I never thought I'd be here. I ran into an old friend at a gas station. He said, "Where you working?" I said, "I ain't, but I'm looking." He made a quick phone call, and I was hired. I have more certifications than I can even shake a finger at, 100 percent of my health insurance is covered, and the people I work with are the best damn bunch of folks you've ever met. It all worked out. My life was shit going into a Chevron, and it changed by the time I left. When people ask me about my job now, I get to tell them that I blow shit up. We're not only hired out by the mines. We make explosives for the military, as well.
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SW-User
I guess I'm the opposite. I'm leaving my job to practice applied psychology, where the money is greater.
Arithmoman · 31-35, M
@SW-User It's certainly rewarding, and I wish you the best. Working with the mental ill and disabled is wonderful.
SW-User
@Arithmoman I won't be doing that. Mental health begins with a true sense of hope and purpose, and this doesn't require one on one.