Yup, eight years at univeristy in total.
I did do some work in Singapore in 2004/5, but since the beginning
of last year I returned to Melbourne, so I've been practicing here
ever since.
My field isn't very big - most psychologists tend to go for
clinical, counselling and other warm and fuzzy specialisations, and
the psych world generally views us org psychs as the dark side of
the force. I think they're just jealous because we make more money
than them.
When I was first being
interviewed for the doctorate program, I asked the convenor how
many applications he'd received. Counting international
applications, about 1200 Honours grads applied for the 12 places in
my course, so I don't think I did too badly.
But yeah, it's fun. I'm the sort to get bored easily and my range
of clients keeps me happy. On top of that, my work combines
business and psychology, and that lends itself to a whole lot of
applications. In my free time, I tend to stick my fingers into
cross-disciplinary work by throwing ideas about with friends and
providing advice to them about setting up their management
structures and processes, or the statistical side of medical
research.