This was the response one of my high school classmates made after I told him I was still in school. I also had the joy of explaining to people exactly what industrial/organizational psychology is. For those of you also in this field, you know how tiring this gets. After a while, I began saying "psychology" when people asked what I was going to school for. Of course, I got the "you're analyzing me right now, aren't you?". Or asked what kind of therapy I was going to do. *sigh*. Someone needs to come up with a generic response to the question, "What does an I/O psychologist do?" in 2 sentences or less, in a way that everyone will understand what you mean. If you do come up with something, do share.
Really, this didn't annoy me that much. Most people thought it was cool that I was getting my PhD...or at least that it wasn't pathetic to still be in school (including the classmate mentioned above; he was joking). I had an awesome time catching up with people. People actually remembered me too; I wasn't sure that they would.
It was not an "official" reunion, but it was good to reconnect with those who were there. As I suspected, many people were married and a good number had children as well. There were a few of us that were single (thankfully – I needed people that could relate). And I revealed a crush I had in elementary school (had to get it off my chest; I've kept the secret for 16 years!).
At the end of the night, 8 of us ended up at Coney Island. It was the weirdest combination of people to be hanging out – it never would have happened in high school! It was hilarious! I also learned that a Hani with bacon is awesome…are there any National Coney Islands in OH?
Nope, I just looked at their website. Bummer.
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I tend to say (while it's not the full picture), "We develop the tests/interviews that HR uses. We also develop better business practices." Sometimes I refer to I/O as management light, but more science.
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