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Hi everyone!
Looking for some sort of input, though I get that it's hard to comment on another person's personal scenario without even knowing them! I really appreciate anyone's attempt to input anything!
I'm 27 and just finished my MSW last May. I went back for that degree after taking time off for lots of crazy travel adventures, and wasn't at all sure "what i wanted to be when I grew up," but chose MSW b/c it is a broad degree that compassed my interests in people and helping them live happy lives. I knew when I picked it that it was to help me get my head on academically, and that I could very well end up back in school for a doctorate or something. My original plan in college was counseling psych Phd, but I didn't want to commit to a counseling career, so thought MSW would let me know if I wanted to do that (turns out there's good and bad with it (of course)).
I learned about OT during my degree program, and have had it in the back of mind for about a year thinking "man I should have picked that field!" I still feel that way!
If I could hit a button and switch my MSW to an MOT I would do it in a second! The job opportunities and compensation blows my mind (esp compared to SW), and I feel like it could be less burn-out (bc man SW is tough like that!). I really love babies and children, but never thought I could work with birth to 3 in SW but now I see you can do that with OT. I also love how you're helping people in more concrete ways than SW, but using lots of the same holistic philosophies. And of course, the practicality (that I did not have at all 3 yrs ago!) that this is a job in demand and future employment is solid.
I have the mental energy to do school again, but I think about the time spent in school racking up debt vs out working in the real world. And I think about being 31 by the time I finish, and starting my first serious, FT job in my career at that age! And I feel like, am I silly for changing careers before I even start one??
Am I crazy? The school near me would put me back 65k just for the tuition flat (already 45k in BA and MSW..despite full tuition scholarships pssh!), and I would start in a year from now and finish in 2.5 years.
Thanks for listening everyone!
Looking for some sort of input, though I get that it's hard to comment on another person's personal scenario without even knowing them! I really appreciate anyone's attempt to input anything!
I'm 27 and just finished my MSW last May. I went back for that degree after taking time off for lots of crazy travel adventures, and wasn't at all sure "what i wanted to be when I grew up," but chose MSW b/c it is a broad degree that compassed my interests in people and helping them live happy lives. I knew when I picked it that it was to help me get my head on academically, and that I could very well end up back in school for a doctorate or something. My original plan in college was counseling psych Phd, but I didn't want to commit to a counseling career, so thought MSW would let me know if I wanted to do that (turns out there's good and bad with it (of course)).
I learned about OT during my degree program, and have had it in the back of mind for about a year thinking "man I should have picked that field!" I still feel that way!
If I could hit a button and switch my MSW to an MOT I would do it in a second! The job opportunities and compensation blows my mind (esp compared to SW), and I feel like it could be less burn-out (bc man SW is tough like that!). I really love babies and children, but never thought I could work with birth to 3 in SW but now I see you can do that with OT. I also love how you're helping people in more concrete ways than SW, but using lots of the same holistic philosophies. And of course, the practicality (that I did not have at all 3 yrs ago!) that this is a job in demand and future employment is solid.
I have the mental energy to do school again, but I think about the time spent in school racking up debt vs out working in the real world. And I think about being 31 by the time I finish, and starting my first serious, FT job in my career at that age! And I feel like, am I silly for changing careers before I even start one??
Am I crazy? The school near me would put me back 65k just for the tuition flat (already 45k in BA and MSW..despite full tuition scholarships pssh!), and I would start in a year from now and finish in 2.5 years.
Thanks for listening everyone!