Thanks, gnat, for all the input and info. I too am considering a career in social work. I have many friends who are in that field or studying to be in that field, and they have a lot of social justice- and decolonization-centered programs where I live so that makes it appeal to me even more. But it's true; my friend was looking for a job recently having just graduated with her BSW and a lot of the jobs were embarrassing in what they paid someone who'd just completed four years of specialized study and practicum experience. I guess when you get in it, it really is one of those fields you get into because you love the work.