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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]French Lit
Carpenter (apprentice to master carpenter)

No clue but does truly beautiful work.  He’s supporting himself.  [/quote]

That's fantastic! Sounds like you raised an interesting person. [/quote]

I love this one too.  [/quote]

+1  love, love, love this.  I wish more people would go down this path.[/quote]

+2. But like this kid AFTER he got his education.  [/quote]

Or at least business education.  If you're going to be self-employed, you need to have a lot of skills in managing your business, which includes the financial and marketing ends.

Our cousin is a Master Carpenter.  He is highly sought after and travels the world because of his skills yet it is the business end that keeps tripping him up.  Fortunately, now one of his sons is working with him and that young man has a business degree.  The family is now much more financially stable with the son managing the business.

It is one thing to be a master at your craft, it is entirely another to be master of your craft and be able to live off of it because you know how to manage the business end of things.  [/quote]

Yep. I'm European and one of my elementary school friends is a semi-famous artist. She comes from a family of artists, so she grew up in the industry, and is SO GOOD at marketing herself and managing the business. She hires a PR firm and is a superb salesperson - she doesn't have kids and travels the world to galleries. [/quote]

+100

To succeed in the arts, you need to have the talent as well as a keen business acumen.[/quote]

OH, poppycock!! No one needs a “business degree” to run their own small art business!  That’s patently absurd and a total waster of a major.  This kid is following his passions:  French lit and now carpentry.  Let him stay outside the box.  He’ll do great.

Business school kills creative thought.  It can only teach you how “it” has been done before.  [/quote]

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