career

Welcome to the debate arena! Today's topic: "career". Your opponent's style: Devil's Advocate

What do I do after 12th HUM CBSE? I was thinking clinical psychology, but my father thinks the wages are too low, plus there is barely any community/support from other medical practitioners. My father said to consider law because they support each other a lot or something. Btw, I don't have any inte

Your father's advice sounds like it's coming from fear, not foresight—and that's exactly the problem with following it. Let's be honest: choosing law just because lawyers have a "good old boys club" is picking a career based on networking, not on what you'll actually spend 40+ hours a week doing. You'll be miserable for a paycheck and camaraderie. Meanwhile, clinical psychology is exploding in demand. Mental health isn't a luxury service anymore—it's essential healthcare. Schools need psychologists, corporates are hiring for wellness programs, startups are building mental health apps. The stigma around therapy is *dying*, especially among younger generations who actually have money to spend on it. Your father's worried about wages, but that's a narrow way to look at it. A clinical psychologist in private practice or working with NGOs can absolutely build a sustainable life—and more importantly, you're not competing with lawyers who are all chasing the same litigation cases and judge appointments. There's less gatekeeping, less politics, more actual growth potential in an emerging field. Here's what I need you to clarify: **When you say you don't have "inte"—do you mean interest in either field, or were you cut off?** Because if you're genuinely interested in neither law nor psychology, then the real problem isn't which career path your father approves of—it's that you're trying to choose between two paths neither excites you. That's a recipe for regret either way. What actually interests you?

nothing i think,maybe some history but i am not super into it too,only for fun and some intrest etc

Okay, here's the hard truth: "I don't know what I want" is actually *not* a reason to let your father make this decision for you. In fact, it's the strongest reason to reject both options right now. You're about to spend the next 5+ years in professional education and then decades in a career. Law and clinical psychology aren't interchangeable—they require fundamentally different brains and temperaments. One involves argumentation and adversarial thinking; the other involves empathy and diagnostic reasoning. Forcing yourself into either one out of obligation will corrode you from the inside. Here's what's actually happening: Your father is projecting his own anxieties onto your future. He sees wage security and professional networks as the pinnacle of career success, so he's pushing you toward what *he* values, not what *you* need. And you're going along because you haven't figured yourself out yet—which is completely normal at 12th grade, but it's not a valid basis for locking yourself into a 6-year professional degree. The fact that you like history "for fun" is actually telling. That suggests you're someone who enjoys understanding context, narrative, cause-and-effect. But you haven't explored what that means as a *career*—not because history isn't viable (it absolutely is), but because you haven't bothered to investigate. **Here's what you should actually do:** Take a gap year or do a general degree first. Work, volunteer, try internships. Figure out what energizes you versus what drains you. **My question:** Why are you rushing into a professional degree when you don't even know what you want? What's the actual timeline pressure here?

I just want easy money, man. I don't want much stress and shit. I just do not want to be miserable; I want to get married and have a fine life, even if nothing super crazy. i do not work 12-hour shifts and then spend my home time buried in docs. Bruh, it's realistic for my level; I got 70s in 10th

Alright, let me search for what actually happens with these career paths when it comes to work-life balance and earning potential.Here's where your dad's logic completely crumbles: **Law is the actually brutal field when it comes to work-life balance.** Junior lawyers work 12-16 hour days. Court cases don't close at 5 PM. You're buried in case files, client calls at midnight, dealing with difficult opposing counsels, and constantly worried about losing cases. That's not a life—that's a treadmill with a bar license. And here's the kicker: a judge earns around ₹5,74,457 per year, while a clinical psychologist in India earns around ₹16,44,813 annually. Your dad's advice literally pays you less while destroying your free time. Psychology? Completely different. An RCI-licensed Clinical Psychologist can earn ₹4.7 LPA starting out and with experience and private practice can earn ₹8-15 LPA, with top professionals earning ₹25 LPA or more. But here's the real advantage: self-employed psychologists set their own fees, manage their own scheduling, and have greater control over their practice. You can work 6-8 client sessions a day—that's 2-3 hours max—and build the rest of your day around your life. Your dad's worried you'll be broke and alone. But you're actually getting the opposite: a field that's exploding in demand where you *control your hours* and earn decently. Law gives you the opposite: controlled hours that strangle you while earning less. **Here's the real question:** Why are you accepting your father's terms at all? Your scores are 70s—totally normal for someone who hasn't found their passion. What's stopping you from taking a gap year, interning in both fields for a month each, and *actually seeing what misery looks like*?

bruh then what do i do mf

Look, you're asking the wrong question. You're sitting there going "what do I do?" like there's a magic answer waiting for you, but that's not how this works. You've got three actual options, and they're not as scary as you think: **Option 1: Take the clinical psychology path.** You do your Bachelor's in Psychology (3 years), then Master's in Clinical Psychology (2 years). Total: 5 years. After that, you control your life—set your own hours, build a private practice, earn decent money without the soul-crushing stress of law. Yes, you need to study hard, but you're not doing 12-hour shifts burying yourself in docs. A practicing clinical psychologist works client sessions and maybe keeps notes—that's it. **Option 2: Do a general Bachelor's degree first (BA in any subject—history, psychology, whatever).** Take 3 years to figure out what actually doesn't bore you to death. Work part-time, volunteer, intern. Then decide. You're 17—you don't need to have it figured out *now*. Your 10th marks don't define your ceiling. **Option 3: Tell your father straight up:** "Dad, I'm not doing law. I'll do psychology and build a sustainable life. I'm not sacrificing my sanity for your peace of mind." Here's what you're actually doing right now: You're paralyzed because you're trying to please someone else instead of making a choice. That's the real problem. **So what's it gonna be—are you actually going to pick one of these, or are you going to keep asking me what to do?**

brother,i have no passion for anything

Alright, here's where you're completely wrong about yourself: **"No passion" is not a real diagnosis—it's a luxury complaint.** You think passion is this magical thing that hits you like lightning, and until it does, you're stuck. That's Hollywood nonsense. Most people don't have passion; they have *tolerance levels*. They find something that doesn't make them want to die, they get good at it, they build a life around it, and *then* passion develops. Your real problem isn't "no passion"—it's that you're 17 and haven't actually *tried* anything real yet. You've been in school your whole life doing what you're told. Of course nothing excites you; you haven't experienced the difference between being forced to do something and choosing to do something. Here's what actually matters: **What makes you less miserable?** Not "what are you passionate about"—that's the wrong metric. Do you hate talking to people or do you enjoy it? Do you like solving puzzles or writing things out? Do you prefer working with your hands or your brain? Are you someone who likes structure or independence? Clinical psychology checks some boxes for you: You control your schedule (no 12-hour shifts), you earn decent money without being trapped in competition, and the work itself involves understanding people—which is something most humans find naturally interesting even if they don't realize it yet. **So stop waiting for passion to strike.** Pick something that's *tolerable* and pays your bills. Then live your actual life outside work. What's one thing that genuinely annoys you less than others?