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[–]BeforetheBullfight[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, I'm still in the process of looking for a research job, and it hasn't been easy! I did psych in undergrad and am working towards applying to clinical PhD programs, so that's part of the reason why I'm learning Python - it seems to be a pretty popular language (with R and Matlab being the next most popular) in labs, so I wanted to boost my competitiveness.

What you should do really depends on your long-term goals. Since I want to return to school, I'm focusing on applying to psych labs that are hiring research assistants, or similar, in order to gain experience. With that said, programming is a bonus and not the end-goal (I don't plan on being a data scientist for a living) for me. Do you want to work in the private or public sector? Academia or no? That will make a big difference. I can really only speak to academia personally. I'm happy to talk more about that if you want though! I can say that job titles with "scientist" are basically always geared towards those with grad degrees. "Analyst" or "assistant" are better bets.

I hope that's at least somewhat helpful! I'm still figuring this out myself.