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    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    12/19/08

    In reply to Economy Dashes Aspiring Journo's Dreams
    Look at all of us here, giving up on our dreams.
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    Image of bluebears bluebears
    12/19/08

    In reply to Economy Dashes Aspiring Journo's Dreams
    greeeaaat. more poli-sci majors who go on to be lobbyists. thats what the world needs.
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    Image of TexasCrude TexasCrude
    12/19/08

    In reply to Economy Dashes Aspiring Journo's Dreams
    I wrote for the school newspaper and I too aspired to be a journo and eventually go to J-School but thankfully, it became clear to me by way of Gawker that journalism wasn't a viable option.


    So now I'm trying acting, something even less competitive.


    I do feel quite bad for the EIC of my school's rag who went on to J-School. He was the only person I truly enjoyed being around in school and now I pray to Jesus he changes his major.

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    Image of Aymea Aymea
    12/19/08

    In reply to Economy Dashes Aspiring Journo's Dreams
    Pfft kids! When I finally got a cubicle of my very own with high walls I knew I was finally doing something right.
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    Image of bluebears bluebears
    12/19/08

    @Aymea: seriously! kid watches too much tv.
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    Image of LaFemme LaFemme
    12/19/08

    In reply to Economy Dashes Aspiring Journo's Dreams
    What is it with all these young'uns in school freaking the fuck out over the economy? I have met more frantic, on-edge 19 year olds in the past 4 months than ever. You aren't even applying for jobs yet. Seriously, you have a few years. You will figure it out. Chill out and do well in your classes and leave the anxiety to those of us that are actually in the job market.
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    Image of R_Claw R_Claw
    12/19/08

    In reply to Economy Dashes Aspiring Journo's Dreams
    Anyone here actually in a field where they use their undergrad major? Not I!
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    Image of DangerMouse DangerMouse
    12/19/08

    @R_Claw...v.2.01 now comes with hope for the future.: I don't think "grad school to become a professor in that field" counts.
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    Image of LaFemme LaFemme
    12/19/08

    @R_Claw...v.2.01 now comes with hope for the future.: I am (International Affairs), but this is not necessarily the norm.
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    Image of Samanthrax Samanthrax
    12/19/08

    @R_Claw...v.2.01 now comes with hope for the future.: I taught like I was supposed to for a hot minute, but that fairy tale quickly ended.
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    Image of R_Claw R_Claw
    12/19/08

    @R_Claw...v.2.01 now comes with hope for the future.: I majored in Film, I'm now an attorney...not even close!
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    12/19/08

    @R_Claw...v.2.01 now comes with hope for the future.: kind of, but it's mostly from the statistical stuff i learned in my major. i haven't found anyone to pay me to draw oligopoly graphs all day...but my fingers are crossed.
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    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    12/19/08

    @R_Claw...v.2.01 now comes with hope for the future.: English major.


    Working in a Wall Streety company.

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    Image of Liz11685 Liz11685
    12/19/08

    @R_Claw...v.2.01 now comes with hope for the future.: I keep trying to explain this to my boyfriend's mother and the rest of his family. I am an anthropology major, (hopefully) graduating in the Spring and I do not intend to do anything with my anthro knowledge after graduation. They didn't attend college, so maybe this is the issue- my parents are both post bachelor's degree holders and they know what's up (My dad majored in Philosophy as an undergrad) Anyway, it irks me to no end!
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    Image of mfnher mfnher
    12/19/08

    @R_Claw...v.2.01 now comes with hope for the future.: Majored in Business and Philosophy. I have been working as an analyst for an investment firm. Congratulate me, though. I gave notice today. I took a job as a research analyst for the major university in tow. 75% off of tuition. Masters here I come! Of course I plan to study anything other than Business or Philosophy
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    12/19/08

    @mfnher: that should be town. Must work on typos before filling out grad school applications. *Note to self*
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    Image of ElleL ElleL
    12/19/08

    @R_Claw...v.2.01 now comes with hope for the future.: Amazingly, YES!


    I majored in Business with Information Technology. I'm a tech analyst now. Whoooo computers! :)

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    Image of TurtleWexlerKickedMe TurtleWexlerKickedMe
    12/19/08

    @R_Claw...v.2.01 now comes with hope for the future.: me! But I'm super lucky. Majored in English, and I write for a publishing house. Surprisngly I know several people who are still in the field they studied, and I'm years out of college.
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    Image of Plum-Pie Plum-Pie
    12/19/08

    @YoYoMa'am: Most of the people I know who have well-paid jobs grew up in poor families (new immigrants etc, not poor-by-choice types like artists) and I absolutely respect that they want to feel financially secure all the time and that they want something to pass on to their kids (as their parents don't have anything to pass on to them).
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    Image of Plum-Pie Plum-Pie
    12/19/08

    @Plum-Pie: WWhat are you doing there? You should be on page 2!
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    Image of PilgrimSoul PilgrimSoul
    12/19/08

    In reply to Economy Dashes Aspiring Journo's Dreams
    If you'd do your job for free, they wouldn't have to pay people to do it. Trust.
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    Image of bananaballs bananaballs
    12/19/08

    In reply to Economy Dashes Aspiring Journo's Dreams
    Hold the press! A teenager changed his mind about what he wants to be when he grows up! I must be hallucinating. This can't be.
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    Image of prestocaro fears the culling prestocaro fears the culling
    12/19/08

    @bananaballs: Breathe. We'll get through this, somehow.
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    Image of PrettyNotPretty PrettyNotPretty
    12/19/08

    In reply to Economy Dashes Aspiring Journo's Dreams
    Ah, to be young, sheltered, and hopeful. Dude, I would kill for a job right now. Any job. Cubicle or not. And my $200k education ain't doing shit to get me one.
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    Image of Jessi Ramsey Jessi Ramsey
    12/19/08

    In reply to Economy Dashes Aspiring Journo's Dreams
    Also you only just finished your first semester of college. You don't even have to declare your major yet or really make any concrete plans yet.
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    Image of ElleL ElleL
    12/19/08

    @Jessi Ramsey: Yeah really, I didnt declare my major until Summer before Junior year! :)
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    Image of Samanthrax Samanthrax
    12/19/08

    In reply to Economy Dashes Aspiring Journo's Dreams
    I would imagine now would be a difficult time to enter the journalism field... or any field, for that matter.


    I'm happy here in my cubicle... employed, etc.

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    Image of Jessi Ramsey Jessi Ramsey
    12/19/08

    In reply to Economy Dashes Aspiring Journo's Dreams
    Dude, Adam. By the time our generation is really in the workforce I am sure journalism will be less cubicle and more sitting on your couch with a laptop.
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    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    12/19/08

    In reply to Economy Dashes Aspiring Journo's Dreams
    What is with all of these people having this cuckoo bananas notion that being a journalist is this glamorous lifestyle that will finance a sexytime lifestyle? My mother wrote for a major metropolitan newspaper in the 80's and we still struggled big time, and she was sort of kickass, journalist-wise. She worked her ass off and she loved her job, but the chances of straight up journalism EVER being a fiscally attractive career, even in the best of economies, is slim.
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    12/19/08

    @morninggloria: I blame SATC. Seriously.
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    Image of AmericanSplendor AmericanSplendor
    12/19/08

    @morninggloria:


    Same, my mother was a BIG DEAL in journalism, and we were always poorer than my friends. Even if my mom had more prestige or power, she made f'ing peanuts.

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    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    12/19/08

    @AmericanSplendor is politically frustrated: We had garage sale clothes!


    I suppose my dad's social worker salary didn't really do much to feed the ol trust fund, either.

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    12/19/08

    In reply to Economy Dashes Aspiring Journo's Dreams
    Scintillating.
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    Image of FireflyinJuly FireflyinJuly
    12/19/08

    @Jessica Hussein Lovejoy loves Decapitatey Wayne Peterson: And, he needs to get over himself "I know that I could amount to other, bigger things [in journalism] if I wanted to, but my passion now is politics," being on a reality show of MTV is not quite the honor it used to be (see Rock of Love: 3).
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    Image of katie.scarlett.o'hara katie.scarlett.o'hara
    12/19/08

    @union lizard: If you read the whole interview, he really sounds like a smart kid. And the show wasn't total crap either. It was high school kids who were intelligent and doing something productive and interesting with their lives.
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