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Originally Posted by ina91
At present I'm taking a semester off of college to deal with my as-yet unnamed autoimmune disease. I've already completed 2 1/2 years as a Music major, because all my life until now I wanted to be an orchestral musician. However, I am having doubts about that choice now, and I know that even if I stick with that major it is unlikely that I can find success, especially with the economy the way it is.
My other interests are computers, writing, art, poetry, nature, and cooking.
Can any of my interests be translated into good degrees/jobs?
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Hey, you can still be involved in music, but moreso in areas where you're supporting the industry and not actually doing music yourself.
Computers are good - they're changing a lot.
Writing, you can do technical writing, script writing, it just depends how good you are at it. Don't do an English degree though, unless you want to be a professor.
Art, depends what you're good at.
Poetry, unless you're really good at it, won't necessarily get you a good job.
Nature, you could do conservation, management, forestry... there is a lot of stuff out there. But we're destroying nature at an alarming rate.
Cooking, unless you plan on becoming a chef or opening up a restaurant, there's not too many job prospects.
Definitely talk to a career counsellor!
