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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you think publishing and arts admin are not competitive and cutthroat? Lol. Museums are the worst for mostly hiring people based on prestige of diploma and social connections. They can afford to be choosy.

Not sure about NPO but there are jerks everywhere. Once I left publishing (over lack of money), I went into teaching (which, believe it or not paid a lot more) and people were petty and territorial there too. Something about the lack of money brings it out in people, I think. [/quote]

OP here. I think the reason why I assumed that publishing, arts administration, and NPO work are not competitive and cutthroat is because the most cutthroat people I know are going into high-flying corporate careers. [b]The (few) people I know who are going into publishing, arts admin, and NPO work are mostly chill, laid-back people at Barnard. 
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They are chill and laid-back because they are being subsidized by rich parents (or at least know they have rich parents as a fall-back) and therefore that takes the pressure off trying to get a career going in those fields. [/quote]

This is absolutely NOT true, PP. Did you go to one of these colleges? Well I did, and I transferred to an Ivy. But this was a few years ago when Ivies were within reach, and they all accepted transfers.

My friends who graduated from HYP, MIT, and other prestigious colleges are chill and not interested in money. They want to be middle class, but don't aspire to riches. They want to do some good in the world, even on a small scale. That's why I like them. They are smart but not cutthroat competitive, which I find revolting, like spinning your wheels forever, then dying. Why live your life like that? A friend who went to Harvard, then to BU law, told me he did it for the money, since he couldn't make a living as a writer (he was a great writer). That's what he wanted out of life. He was smart enough to make it as a writer, but it would take a long time, and his pushy, wealthy parents didn't want him to live on a lower-middle-class income. He collapsed under that pressure, and has a pretty lame live as a result. Sad because he's a nice person, and btw, he HATES being a lawyer, always has. [/quote]

A lot of lawyers go back and forth between law and writing. It's not too late for your friend.

It's hard trying to live up to, or buck, your parents' expectations. It's really hard. No matter how supportive your parents are, there will always be some way you worry you are failing or disappointing them.[/quote]

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