When did you decide your career path?

Question: When did you decide your career path?

Asked by anon-316007 on 14 Mar 2022. This question was also asked by anon-323440, anon-323406.
- Jamie Chan answered on 14 Mar 2022:
  
  I’ve only really decided my career path 4 years ago – it’s never too late!
- Hannah Howman answered on 14 Mar 2022:
  
  I decided my career path around five years ago. I studied psychology as an undergraduate but then I took a few years out from studying where I had a job as a junior analyst. It was during this time that I realised I missed learning about psychology so I decided to undertake a master’s followed by a PhD.
- Reece Bush-Evans answered on 14 Mar 2022:
  
  For me, I decided upon my career path about 12 years ago while I was filming a documentary in Canada with North Korean refugees. I heard some terrible and traumatic stories about how individuals fled their country. It was here that I fell in love with understanding the human condition. I then decided to pursue psychology.
- Larissa Ferguson answered on 14 Mar 2022:
  
  I still haven’t decided my career path ^^; I am currently working as a Postdoctoral Researcher (this is sort of like a training position one can take after getting a PhD), but I’m still not sure what I want to do once my postdoctoral training is finished. I could continue in research, or move into industry (for example, work at a pharmaceutical company), or even get into scientific publishing. I love science, but even within this field, there are still many paths to choose from!
- Keri Wong answered on 16 Mar 2022:
  
  I was deciding between psychology and fine arts for university. I attended a summer course at an art school – then realised that everyone there was AMAZING at art and the propspects of spending 4 years just studying art subjects was a bit too much for me. I wanted to learn about psychology and other things, so I decided to apply to psychology. I also considered law at some point, but thought I could always go back and do law if I’m sick of psychology (that never happened of course!) 🙂
- Nadine Mirza answered on 17 Mar 2022:
  
  That depends on how you define career path!
  
  I decided to pursue psychology at 17 when I was in school and started applying to unis for psychology undergraduate courses.
  
  It wasn’t until I was 21 and finishing my undergraduate that I figured out how many different kinds of psychologists there are and I decided I wanted to be a Clinical Psychologist, which requires work experience and some further studying. That led me to completing my Masters and getting passionate about working in dementia in particular and I decided that as well as working with people in therapy I also wanted to do research.
  
  So at 23 I added to my career path and started my PhD, while also doing work experience in hospitals and clinics on the side.
  
  The point is, I picked the area of psychology quite young but the career path keeps growing and changing every year, sometimes every day!
- Michelle Newman answered on 18 Mar 2022: last edited 18 Mar 2022 12:22 pm
  
  Not until I was 35! Psychology is my second career, after working in Finance for 18 years. In Psychology it is quite common that people come to it when they are a bit older. When I first started I thought I would be the oldest, but I train with people who are in their 20s, and others who are in their 50s!

Question: When did you decide your career path?

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