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Which one of these career paths will be the most lucrative?
Web Design and Computer Technology,Television Productions or Psychology?
Also which one of those do you feel is the most realistic when it comes to actually getting a job that deals with them.
I was also thinking about Theology and Philosophy but I feel like both of those are very iffy and can't be put into a real career (or at least one that's easy to get).
I originally thought Web Design and Computer Technology would be the best choice but now theirs so much competition in that field that I feel like it's useless to continue taking those classes when I get out of High School.
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I have a story about philosophy majors:
One time, on the Philosophy Department bulletin board at, iirc, Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, someone tacked a Burger King application to it as a way to demonstrate the prankster's opinion on what he felt was the real world worth of that area of study.
Theology is only good if you are going to go into the televangelism racket (and yes, I mean "racket," as in "swindle" and "hustle").
Computer Science is the best of the lot from a real world career standpoint, but the problem there is that a lot of those jobs are being sent to India or major firms are abusing the H1B visa program by bringing in foreign workers and then paying them less than what U.S. talent would want.
The best field right now is health care. There is a nursing shortage (yes, men can be nurses) at present. Also, the largest population segment in American history, the baby boomers, are retiring and are going to need medical treatment as they age, among other things, and the caregivers can't be outsourced. If you go this way, it will also help you greatly to learn Spanish.
Engineering and chemistry are two other majors you may want to look into.
TV production is worthless unless you have an in to that very incestuous and nepotistic industry or you can come up with properties that some television outfit will want to buy. Otherwise, you will spend the rest of your life going from dead end job to dead end job because very few of the skills you learn will be transferable to anything.
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All of these careers are what I would call real world today type careers. The one with the least marketability would be television production as that is somewhat of a closed industry.
Theology and Philosophy are good if you are going to follow a career in religion or be a religious psychologist, which by the way does not pay well.
Web Design is going to be around for a long time and will be more and more competitive, though if you are successful it is a great field; one you that if you are successful can be very rewarding in every sense of the word.
Psychology is a career that like all medical fields will always be needed. Psychologists can make good livings though they generally work long hours. To be a psychologist requires a PHD in Psychology. This means 4 years of undergraduate school plus at least another 3 years of graduate school and an internship before you will be licensed to practice.
You have chosen some very lucrative and rewarding career choices. What is more important than the money is what career field is going to make you happy. You can have all the money you will ever need or want and still be unhappy.
I generally advise young people to pick a career field that will make them happy and not the one that makes them the most money. If digging ditches makes you happy then dig ditches. Just make sure you dig the best possible ditch that can be dug. Somewhat of a strange example but what I mean is whatever you choose to do make sure you to that job the very best you can do. The money will come later as you are recognized as the very best at what you do.
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With a few notable exceptions (fields of work that require a huge amount of innate talent or luck like being a poet, or being an investment banker) the job that will pay YOU the most money is nearly always the job which YOU have an aptitude for and interest in.
All fields are competitive. If you want a non-competitive career, become a cashier at a grocery store.
If you want to make money, take stock of your skills and interests, and follow them along rational lines.
The categories you've suggested here are still far to broad for anyone to give you much advice on. A successful modern philosopher and theologians might make millions in book sales - a lousy TV employee might never do any more than make a decent living editing infomercials! A good graphic designer might own their own firm. A lousy one might make band posters and websites for aging punk bands for the rest of their life.
It's good to have goals, and be interested in certain kinds of lifestyles - but when chasing what you want, the first thing to consider is who you are. In today's economy finding a 'real career' is more about creating a real career, then it is about exactly what you studied. There are very few fields of study that are still 'sure things'. Dentistry and Plumbing and a few other cases where you can have a damn good chance at work and knowing rather clearly what your salary will be in 5 years, 10 years and 20 years time. For everybody else, there is drive, aptitude and competition.
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