Aspirations of museum curator

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^
Ignore troll who is not following complete thread.

"Trying to be supportive but can you support yourself on a curator salary in DC area?

A little google research says a lot of these jobs require masters or phd for a salary less than $100k. We can only pay for undergrad so grad school would be loans which does not sound wise."

Insane to think most people DON'T make less than $100k. And guess what? They do just fine.

Huh? Your double negatives are confusing. Also, the point being it's taking on significant debt and career delay for a job that is hard to get and if you get it makes less than 100k. I get that not everyone in the DC area needs to earn 100k to survive, but typically if you're going to go into debt for grad school you should have some promising job prospects.

[Anonymous]

I think it’s great when kids know what they want and pick unique fields of study! We don’t need everyone to be an accountant, lawyer, or computer scientist.

I know you’re not necessarily looking for college suggestions but SUNY Purchase has an interesting Museum Studies program that’s very interdisciplinary. Could probably add on a minor too.

https://www.purchase.edu/academics/museum-studies/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^
Ignore troll who is not following complete thread.

"Trying to be supportive but can you support yourself on a curator salary in DC area?

A little google research says a lot of these jobs require masters or phd for a salary less than $100k. We can only pay for undergrad so grad school would be loans which does not sound wise."

Insane to think most people DON'T make less than $100k. And guess what? They do just fine.

Huh? Your double negatives are confusing. Also, the point being it's taking on significant debt and career delay for a job that is hard to get and if you get it makes less than 100k. I get that not everyone in the DC area needs to earn 100k to survive, but typically if you're going to go into debt for grad school you should have some promising job prospects.

I'm sorry your reading skills are so poor. Maybe you should have focused on English and not making millions?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^
Ignore troll who is not following complete thread.

"Trying to be supportive but can you support yourself on a curator salary in DC area?

A little google research says a lot of these jobs require masters or phd for a salary less than $100k. We can only pay for undergrad so grad school would be loans which does not sound wise."

Insane to think most people DON'T make less than $100k. And guess what? They do just fine.

Huh? Your double negatives are confusing. Also, the point being it's taking on significant debt and career delay for a job that is hard to get and if you get it makes less than 100k. I get that not everyone in the DC area needs to earn 100k to survive, but typically if you're going to go into debt for grad school you should have some promising job prospects.

I'm sorry your reading skills are so poor. Maybe you should have focused on English and not making millions?

This was your sentence: Insane to think most people DON'T make less than $100k.

[Anonymous]

The point of the post is NOT that you need to make a lot of money to have a successful career. The point is that you should not take out a bunch of loans if you are not going to be able to pay them back.

I know their are plenty of people who think otherwise. Or should I say there are plenty of people who don’t not think otherwise🙄?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know their are plenty of people who think otherwise. Or should I say there are plenty of people who don’t not think otherwise🙄?

It’s definitely there, not their.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s great when kids know what they want and pick unique fields of study! We don’t need everyone to be an accountant, lawyer, or computer scientist.

I know you’re not necessarily looking for college suggestions but SUNY Purchase has an interesting Museum Studies program that’s very interdisciplinary. Could probably add on a minor too.

https://www.purchase.edu/academics/museum-studies/

Cool! Sounds great! Pick interesting and unique fields of study!

And can't find a decent job for years, chronically unemployed, and end up a barista with two masters....

The plain reality is that grinding away at financial analyst or law jobs is far more likely to give you a good life than the creative occupations. I'm not saying you can't find a good career with a creative degree but if you want the six figure income, a comfortable house, the standard UMC lifestyle, the professional and financial routes are the easiest way to it. Sure, go for the creative degree but be prepared for plenty of poverty.

-- someone who knows plenty of mollycoddled UMC kids encouraged by their parents to follow their passions only to flame out into mediocre lives with plenty of regrets.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If your kid is a white boy, I'd gently tell him to forget it. Like higher edu, museums everywhere are seeking to polish their diversity credentials. Just the reality for the next generation.

He would probably be better off as a government historian or archivist.

Also need to be honest with him re money and expectations. Nothing wrong with being a lawyer.

The Art Institute of Chicago fired the white volunteers due to equity.

White males will have a tough time in the museum world.

Tragic to go from $0 salary to $0 salary like that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think it’s great when kids know what they want and pick unique fields of study! We don’t need everyone to be an accountant, lawyer, or computer scientist.

I know you’re not necessarily looking for college suggestions but SUNY Purchase has an interesting Museum Studies program that’s very interdisciplinary. Could probably add on a minor too.

https://www.purchase.edu/academics/museum-studies/

Hey look everyone the dad from Dead Poets Society is posting.

Can you imagine living in Woodbridge instead of McLean?!?!

I know lots of people with strong careers in the arts, the tricky part is you have to work very very hard at it.

If DC wants to be an “idea person” or just wants to hang out, they probably won’t do well. It that’s true in every profession.

If DC works relentlessly with focus and also has talent, there are definitely good jobs out there in creative fields.

[Anonymous]

Tell him to go into finance, make a ton of money and join the board of a museum ( I am not saying this to be snarky but as someone in the field, 20 years of experience and an masters Degree from an Ivy League university who is only make 65,000 a year) i wish someone had guided me away from this field when I was young. I would not wish this financial hardship on anyone and passion for the field dies quickly when you are broke all the time

[Anonymous]

Needs a trust fund