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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would advise him that college is not about maximizing your earning potential.  To work on his writing skills and make the most of the experience.[/quote]

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If he is chasing money and only money, be a plumber. He will never get out-sourced, And he can own his own business after awhile.

Otherwise, he needs to learn and grow and figure out what he wants from life. Chasing money if he is from modest means will only make him unhappy given that social mobility is down in the US. Maybe he should consider moving/going to college in a country with better social mobility now that I think of it. [/quote]

[b]Writing skills are highly over rated. 
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The kids wants a stable job... accounting, Information Technology, Engineering will get him a stable job.

Finance is a who you know not what you know path.

People skills help much more than writing skills.

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Not they are not. [/quote]

Yes. They are. There are many, many, many jobs that don't require writing skills. Most need very little to no writing skills. Actually I can't really think of many jobs that require writing. [/quote]

Here are some fields with which I am intimately acquainted and they all require high degrees of literacy. Not that this kid can't get it from reading tons of books, but I've seen people discredited in their field because their communication and writing is so sub par.

- economic
- engineering
- architecture
- design
- marketing
- public health
- project management in any field
- teaching (any subject, including math)
- and of course the obvious lawyer, journalist, professor, etc.[/quote]

I am also intimately acquainted with all but economics.

None above need writing except marketing, lawyers, journalists and professors.

I would not suggest any of those as valuable jobs to recommend. Also Marketing is more web design than writing now so ... writing is less needed in that area.

engeineers write design documents, technical writers do all other documentation.

public health, only need writing if you are writing policy and you might as well stick forks in your eyes.[/quote]

I don't think you are that well acquainted.  I work in public health and have worked as a project manager.  The only way to get projects to work on is to write proposals.  Same for public health - how do they get their money to operate? They write a billion proposals (basically a sales document) to foundations, government, CDC, their state, USAID and others to get funding.  Then they have to write a billion reports to show how they used the money. they have to sell themselves in order to operate.  So yeah a lot of writing is required that has nothing to do with policy. And you are 100% wrong about marketing.

OP be sure to tell your son that whatever field he goes into he needs to understand where the money comes from to fund his salary. Is it sales? Is it proposals? It always floors me that young people have no idea of how companies actually make their money.[/quote]

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