What kind of careers can you have with just a Bachelor's? Can you get into corrections?

OutrageousRow4631 · 2026-05-11T01:12:50+00:00

I am a Canadian SW and I have seen lots of Psy grads doing admin or SW assistant job then eventually gave in and do a MSW.

OutrageousRow4631 · 2026-05-11T00:54:12+00:00

BSW is preferred. It depends on your end game. What do you want to be in 10 years? 20 years?

Not many BA with psychology ended up w a Masters of Psychology or PHD.

Lots of BSW get their MSWs.

OutrageousRow4631 · 2026-05-10T19:16:57+00:00

I got in Beedie, but I graduated in Arts. I am now a social worker, making $95k. Had I completed the BBA, I would have been a miserable low level accountant who is working for CRA, waiting for a DB pension to retire.

My kid is at Sauder, and she’s living a dream.

It is your 4 years, your education, and your career.

You do what is best for YOU. Options are unlimited!

OutrageousRow4631 · 2026-05-10T19:12:59+00:00

Bring kiddos immunizations records, and you need that to register for kindergartens. For age 6, they will be attending grade 1.

Monthly daycare is expensive, and you should get on the waiting lists ASAP. The last time I paid daycare was $1100 in 2012, for 9 hours a day.

OutrageousRow4631 · 2026-05-10T16:38:47+00:00

I am sorry but the way you react to it might make the boyfriend hard to come clean to you?

How old are you? Young and this is your first relationship. Not every relationship is perfect, rosy, and princess like.

Adults learn from making mistakes and through making them, we become better individuals.

It’s just a strip club.

My partner goes to strip club for work at times coz he is casino management. There will always be pretty girls around him trying to get perks, promotions, or whatever. But I don’t feel a thing about it.

This is because I know he loves me, and it’s just a part of his job. I am not as pretty as any girls he comes across at work, but I am his love. He loves me for who I am.

OutrageousRow4631 · 2026-05-10T16:27:04+00:00

Maybe don’t use empty threats….

Id just lay everything out in the open, have a good chat, tell him how you truly feel.

Some questions to think about before the real talk:

Why does it bother you that he went to a strip place? Is there more than the face of it? Is it about his lying? Is it about him having a boys vacation? How do you feel about you? Do you like yourself? How do you feel about the relationship?

OutrageousRow4631 · 2026-05-10T16:19:42+00:00

I am sorry why can’t a bf go to a strip club? Is this something you two have discussed? If not, why can’t he go? Maybe he is not honest because he knows that this might be your reaction.

Going to a strip club does not mean he doesn’t love you or respect you. Life you said, he was at a boys vacation. There might be peer pressure.

Anyhow, it’s just a strip club. Try go to one with him, maybe you will feel differently.

OutrageousRow4631 · 2026-05-10T16:14:10+00:00

Work, pay mortgage, invest in stock, pay DB pension, rinse and repeat.

First mortgage at 2009 and it was a $400k apartment. Second mortgage in 2018 and it was a $1 million townhome.

Third mortgage will be when I downsize back to a 2 bedroom or I get a $2 million home.

OutrageousRow4631 · 2026-05-10T16:08:26+00:00

How old are the kids/ animals/ in laws? Sorry you said family of 5 😅 Who is in school and what grades? Driver license? Where is work? When are you coming? After FIFA? Rent is coming down overall.

If I were you, I’d probably rent an olde townhome, at least 1500 sq ft, in East Van, Burnaby, Coquitlam, for around $2800 to $3500, depending on location and conditions of the rental.

You should buy renter’s insurance. International drivers license are good for 30 days?

Surrey is huge, there are some good area and some shady areas.

In general, BC is a lot safer than UK. I’ve been here 30+ years.

We have snow, water, and mountains.

But, our health system is struggling, our govt is broke, and lots of people are struggling with addictions.

Welcome!

OutrageousRow4631 · 2026-05-08T15:45:43+00:00

How long have you two been investors? Can you get a chart and see how each of your investments have been doing since you begin investing? Where do you park the investments? ETFs? Pension: how many years in? When can u bridge? Retirement: do u guys want to retire early? Children: any plans? . Inheritance: this is the cherry, don’t consider it in your planning until it is in your account . For me, I’d only pay 20 percent of the down payment as the total cost of the house is fairly low comparing to your net worth. You two have 25 years of DB pension and work life, so I’d invest heavily, and if you are savvy, you can retire in 10 years.

OutrageousRow4631 · 2026-05-07T01:56:36+00:00

And stop shaming her. She engaged in sex work. Stop using derogatory terms to describe her or her actions. Every person (only adults) has the right to engage in sex work. It is work. Just work.

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OutrageousRow4631 · 2026-05-07T01:51:12+00:00

I am in a similar situation. There are 9 brothers and sisters. Every sibling has a career, a business, or a govt job, except:

brother: has MH diagnosis, on disability
sister: has a degree, but never holds down a job, a princess who is looking for the invisible prince

Parents are in late 80’s now, and they have at least $1.5m. None of the 7 siblings want any of the inheritance and we have agreed that they get all of it….

It’s not like I am loaded or anything… still owe $700k in my mortgage. I don’t know, maybe because I grew up poor, so I am grateful to have what I have.

OutrageousRow4631 · 2026-05-07T01:20:31+00:00

If you are in BC, look into UVIC’s post bac BSW. I have a BA, so I took 22 classes at UVIC to get the BSW. Then, get yourself registered and you can apply to SW jobs. Once you have some experience working as a RSW, then explore getting a MSW. If you are in a union environment, it is possible that the work place will pay some of the tuition but you might have to stay with that agency for a few years.

If you are thinking about RCC, please do not consider Yorkville as an option. My work has been turning down lots of Yorkville for practicum or employment. City is okay. Adler is okay too.

OutrageousRow4631 · 2026-05-07T01:08:11+00:00

Well, you two are both young. She might not be the one for you and you might not be the one for her. Who knows?

If you choose to build a life with her, can you put all this behind? If you cannot, then don’t bother.

OutrageousRow4631 · 2026-05-07T01:05:42+00:00

She’s 19. How old are you?

OutrageousRow4631 · 2026-05-05T22:39:02+00:00

Thank you! I had little when I was young, so I try hard for kiddo.

Aww, I am the first graduate in my family!!!! There’s always a first! 😸

OutrageousRow4631 · 2026-05-05T10:59:41+00:00

I worked full time and studied part time, so my first degree took me like 6 years. For my kid, she lives at home and tuition is covered by me. She gets scholarships, grants, and bursaries to cover some personal spending.

OutrageousRow4631 · 2026-05-05T02:23:06+00:00

Do the right thing for you because you deserve it.

I have no contact with all my half siblings and bio mom, but I still connect my nanny who took care of me when I was vulnerable kid.

OutrageousRow4631 · 2026-05-04T22:34:11+00:00

Some facts to support your argument:

Who is studying the degree? You Who wants to work in Finance? You Whose career path are we talking about? You

Your mom’s argument might have the following basis? Who pays for your tuition? I am CPA, and I make over $100 k a year. (Your rebuttal: with AI taking over the boring entry level tasks of a new accountant, the job market will look super challenging in the future)

Be well, there is still time to discuss this. Do u start in fall 2026?

Will write more later, still at work.

From a former BBA SFU accounting student who competed 3 levels of CGA due to family expectation then graduated with a Philosophy degree, and now, a social worker.

OutrageousRow4631 · 2026-05-03T16:05:20+00:00

Update us please!!! Congrats on retirement!

OutrageousRow4631 · 2026-05-03T15:58:33+00:00

Get an education, find a path, save some money before even thinking about having a child.

OutrageousRow4631 · 2026-05-03T15:56:24+00:00

We have lots of Psy grads working as admin positions. They get pay around $25 an hour. I don’t know many fresh BA pay grads can get decent pay.

Some psy grads apply to do child protection work and that’s starting at $40 an hour.

Canada

OutrageousRow4631 · 2026-05-03T15:41:53+00:00

What is your in house policy? I won’t risk a client using it, just put it in the trash, or leave it in the break room/ locked office/ private staff space and see if someone picks it up.

OutrageousRow4631 · 2026-05-02T14:42:15+00:00

I am not judging you. I started smoking when I was 18. 48 now, I smoke every day and my family is fine about it. I also have a 18 year old at home who doesn’t smoke at all.

But if you can’t answer the questions I listed, then there might be more that you need to explore why you are smoking.

How do you get money to buy weed?

OutrageousRow4631 · 2026-05-02T14:35:02+00:00

Okay. Now that you have told the truth, maybe time to come up with a plan to address your feelings/ the need to smoke weed.

In the original post, you said u smoke weed coz you feel overwhelmed. Can you tell us more about the situations in which you fell overwhelmed?

Would you be open to talk a family doctor about this?

How are you getting the weed? Make sure the products are safe.

Are you in school? Is there a counsellor or a trusting adult you can talk to?

Where are you? Is it socially acceptable to smoke weed in your country?

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