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My future job - Working as a Sociologist

In the immediate future, or middle-range time, I will be working as social scientist, basically, researching social order phenomena.  This job is technical in his most, but I would also like to expand and use my knowledge not just in mechanic operations of data analysis and visualization or writing reports, but also taking part in decision making processes. Where I could find a job? There are various opportunities and demands of social researchers so as in policy design as in private enterprise analytics.

It’s also a possibility the option of working as teacher in several institutes, universities or even high-schools. I’ve always had an interest in teaching, so it’s an interesting open opportunity.

The fact it’s that social research cannot be done just from the comfortable and warm space of a fancy office, as others do, so I expect to travel a lot. In every moment I have considered the possibility of getting into fieldwork to supervise survey applications, making pictures of an urban area or talking with people in deep interviews. This could be in Santiago or in other cities of Chile. Research must be shared, so it’s also likely that this makes me travel to symposia or social research congress inside or outside Chile. So, if you ask me for the indoor/outdoor dilemma or the travel possibilities, I would say that it’s totally possible to find a middle point between desktop and streets.

The salary fact it’s a good inquiry. I know that sociologist do not have a job stability and we tend to circulate in flexibilization and informality. Anyways, I would like to earn in my first years between US$ 800 and US$1000. The incomes may come from teaching services and investigation projects. Almost all this money will be flowing to pay educational credits and stabilize my independent life.

In that way, my major is Sociology. Statistics have an important role and so does Social Theory. The program orientation is to create a profile of student able to develop high quality social research.  

I am highly interested in the sub-areas of social investigation: Urban Studies, Cultural Studies and Statistics Programming. I hope these interest in the future can materialize in a good job contract and a quiet life.  







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  1. Yorza Gallegos5 de julio de 2020 a las 20:37

    I'm sure that you would be a super cool teacher, you sound like a very intellectual person.

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  2. Sofia Muga Fuentes6 de julio de 2020 a las 20:57

    Wow, I see you're very clear about what you want. I hope you can fulfill everything you want, I think you'll be an excellent sociologist!

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