I have a daughter who got a degree in fine arts from UCLA.
Over the next several years, it too looked like such a waste, as she flitted from job to job...
In time she got a job as a travel agent for a major company, and she was a good one, still... the only benefits were her "familiarization" trips. Travel for free. Uh huh.


Today she's a licensed Real Estate Appraiser, with a good business backlog, and "on the side," so to speak, she's grabbed a construction contractor for a business partner, and they have formed a corporation that buys pre-maufactured houses (iin pieces) and installs them on lots they've purchased, up around Clear Lake, CA, USA (north of San Francisco.)
A lucrative business indeed!
However, the first 3 years they were hovering on the edge of bankruptcy. And...no fine arts involved, I'll tell you!
Like, whoever uses what they went to college for?


Just an aside...  <g>

keith whaley

William Robb wrote:

----- Original Message ----- From: "CRB"
Subject: Interesting reading




... in  a current eBay ad:

"When I was a photo student I used an MX and look where it got me.

My daughter just graduated with a bachlors in science/art and works at Starbucks!"

What I find amazing is that all these well educated multi degree'd
people end up working minumum wage jobs when if they had chosen more
wisely they could be making $25.00/hr. or more working in a trade,
with less stress.

I have several co-workers in my store with 2 and 3 degrees, they
can't get work in "their field", but I had to wait almost 6 weeks to
pay a plumber $45.00 an hour to run my sewer connections.

William Robb



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