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I'm a third-year undergraduate student who's been a lurker on this forum for quite awhile. With graduation a year away, I've been compelled to finally post this thread. Although I've always considered being an optometrist since high school, I've only recently established that I actually want to become one last year. I know as a fact I want to go into the health field and I've always been fascinated by the eye. I've been so motivated and excited to work towards this goal, only to be discouraged every time I read the job outlook on these forums. Of course money isn't everything and it's always better to pursue one's passion. However money is essential for stability in the future and stability is one of the reasons people pay and take out loans to go to school. My question is if the job outlook for optometry that bad? If I search it up in Google, plenty of sites claim it as a prospering and growing job, yet these forums say otherwise. I would love to pursue optometry, but it scares me if it means being financially unstable and/or unemployed in the long run, with emphasis on "the long run." How difficult is it for those who have recently graduated from optometry school?
I'm a third-year undergraduate student who's been a lurker on this forum for quite awhile. With graduation a year away, I've been compelled to finally post this thread. Although I've always considered being an optometrist since high school, I've only recently established that I actually want to become one last year. I know as a fact I want to go into the health field and I've always been fascinated by the eye. I've been so motivated and excited to work towards this goal, only to be discouraged every time I read the job outlook on these forums. Of course money isn't everything and it's always better to pursue one's passion. However money is essential for stability in the future and stability is one of the reasons people pay and take out loans to go to school. My question is if the job outlook for optometry that bad? If I search it up in Google, plenty of sites claim it as a prospering and growing job, yet these forums say otherwise. I would love to pursue optometry, but it scares me if it means being financially unstable and/or unemployed in the long run, with emphasis on "the long run." How difficult is it for those who have recently graduated from optometry school?