In tears about my daughter

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bad troll. Everyone knows that consulting firms hire English majors from target schools.

Not true. Googling MBB/Deloitte hires from Princeton in recent years shows that the vast majority of them are Econ or STEM majors.

The PP did not say the majority are English majors, just that they do hire them. Maybe if you majored in English you would have understood the post.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is a troll but I forever regret my practical business degree. You know what happens to people who are forced into degrees? They fail at them. I was never going to succeed at a big consulting firm because it’s 100% not who I am.

I’m a very happy six-figure writer now. My only regret is the wasted years and that I didn’t get to study what I loved in college. It’s such a short time of life where you get to focus on your interests without the pressure of having to earn an income. I’d give anything to take those English and Art classes now.

Do you realize you're a unicorn? The vast majority of writers will never touch anything close to six-figures (unless they go into technical writing which requires some technical knowledge).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a troll but I forever regret my practical business degree. You know what happens to people who are forced into degrees? They fail at them. I was never going to succeed at a big consulting firm because it’s 100% not who I am.

I’m a very happy six-figure writer now. My only regret is the wasted years and that I didn’t get to study what I loved in college. It’s such a short time of life where you get to focus on your interests without the pressure of having to earn an income. I’d give anything to take those English and Art classes now.

Do you realize you're a unicorn? The vast majority of writers will never touch anything close to six-figures (unless they go into technical writing which requires some technical knowledge).

Hmm not a unicorn. My DH is a writer and makes six figs in marketing communications. And there are TONS of jobs in that field. Go on indeed and search. My best friend is actually a novelist and I would never suggest that oath because it requires a boat load of luck and connections but she came up through a similar path that OPs daughter wants to follow and it’s certainly worked out for her. She’s a household name if you have kids and one of her books has been made into a movie. She is a unicorn but because of these two connections in my life, I know more than the normal share of writers and they are all doing well.

[Anonymous]

If you a have a shot at being a unicorn, being at an Ivy gives you the best chance. Again, I also know several humanities and social science grads from Yale, Brown, and even Princeton who were hired by consulting firms and no, I wouldn't say that this is particularly rare. The kids I know who got it weren't unusual in that sense, nor did they necessarily have immense generational wealth or family connections in business and finance. There's also more to life than securing a top-paying job in a competitive profession. She could and probably should and will take a nonlinear route, which is healthy. She do a variety of internships in publishing throughout college to figure out if she still wants to pursue that, she could study abroad, even at Oxbridge if name and aesthetic matters, she could teach English abroad on a Fulbright, the list goes on. She sounds like she has a good head on her shoulders and knows what she wants, which is a good start. If she changes her mind, she could always do a coding boot camp or reach out to the career center to see what options she has in healthcare administration or business.

[jsteele]

I guess it is time to lock this thread, whether or not the OP was a troll from the beginning, she has become one along the way.