[Jewelry making - Article 00038] - Re: [Orchid] Informal Survey of Metalsmiths

[Leah]

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>            Ok, I have to ask.. what IS a major that would allow
>     someone to support themselves decently these days? 

    Well...speaking from experience: I got a BA, then got a full-time
    job answering phones. Eventually they promoted me, once I'd proven
    myself, but I still make less than half what my friends who went to
    law school are now making. Of course, they have loans to pay back
    and they work until midnight most nights, while I have time to
    pursue building a jewelry business and learning all the necessary
    skills, since my lower-paying job doesn't generally require more
    than 40 hours of my time each week. 

    The only people I know who got good paying jobs right out of college
    as a direct result of their major are engineers. Even then, these
    are people who managed to get really good grades in enginnering,
    which is not an easy thing to do. A few friends managed to do well
    in business right away and have cushy non-engineering jobs without
    going to grad school, but it had nothing to do with what they
    majored in. 

    A few options for non-technical people: 

    tourism-related jobs, if you live in a tourist area entry level
    office work, with hopes of moving up eventually
    communications/sales/marketing editorial assitant, research
    assistant, personal assistant, etc for someone working in a field
    related to your major childcare, if you have good references and live
    in an affluent area, with or without college degree teaching -
    doesn't pay that well, but you get summers off 

    These are things that have worked for people I know, who all
    graduated within the past five years. 

Leah
www.michondesign.com
leah AT michondesign.com

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