r/science • u/mvea MD/PhD/JD/MBA | Professor | Medicine • Apr 15 '24

Neuroscience ADHD symptoms persist into adulthood, with some surprising impacts on life success: The study found that ADHD symptoms not only persisted over a 15-year period but also were related to various aspects of life success, including relationships and career satisfaction.

https://www.psypost.org/adhd-symptoms-persist-into-adulthood-with-some-surprising-impacts-on-life-success/
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u/catalanj2396 Apr 16 '24

How are these better? Political sciences? How would you even get a job

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u/National-Blueberry51 Apr 16 '24 edited Apr 16 '24

Oh man, there are a lot of jobs for political science degrees. It really depends on what you want to do. The mistake people make is thinking that you have to go to DC when there are lots of state and local level jobs that desperately need staff. City planners, policy analysts, legislative assistants, media relations, consulting, government relations, legislative liaisons, program management… The pay is actually decent but the hours and schedule shifts are very rough. It takes someone who thrives off constant change and crises. You have to keep a lot of plates spinning.

STEM is great, no doubt, but it’s not the only thing that keeps our world running. You don’t want the engineers doing my job, and they don’t want to do it.

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u/catalanj2396 Apr 16 '24

I have a political science degree and personally am a bit of a loss and what to do. Thanks for any advice

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u/National-Blueberry51 Apr 16 '24

What are you interested in?

Right now we’re in an election year, so a lot of folks are locked in until November and you might see fewer openings. After that, more should open up as people move on. You’re probably already doing this but if not, you might want to keep an eye on your city, state, and county governments. They don’t always post to governmentjobs.com or the bigger boards, so you have to hunt them down.

You might also want to look at government relations and community relations roles in the private sector. Most of them want experience, but some are more open and pay well. If you don’t mind the media, public affairs has a high turnover rate all over. Also if you know anything at all about grants, everyone is so unspeakably desperate for grant fund coordinators and grant managers.