Gerard Butler studied law in Scotland. His grades were high too. But he always wanted to be an actor and he loved rocknroll and he loved to party. With characteristics like these, you don't survive in the office for long. He eventually got fired and decided to follow of his dreams.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIt is not just about artists, of course. Most of us find a university degree useful. Let\u2019s face it, even if we don\u2019t like our degree, a BA at least gives us a minor degree of security and gets our parents off our backs. My dad would feel more comfortable if I worked for a corporation rather than for myself. But he can\u2019t fight with my rationalization:<\/p>\n
\u201cDad,\u00a0 I studied Advertising and Business, I have work experience and my CV is pretty OK for a 25-year-old. There is not a better time to follow my dreams (which are about earning a full-time income as a writer ((writing whatever I want)). It is not just my dad who is surprised at my chosen path of career. Even though everybody knew I wrote all the time, they believed I would write in my free time while I got a nice office gig. Well, the idea didn\u2019t sound half-bad until I actually went out and got an office job. I hated it and none of my friends has yet to find a job they enjoyed. They find freelancing scary and most see my educational background irrelevant. Right! Like a background in marketing would never helped a writer.<\/p>\n
I just finished writing a series of articles for an online publication. Subject? Business tips. Stuff I learned 5 years ago. But obviously, not everyone wants to or needs to use their major. So as far as relevance go, I am not doing badly. My friends mostly have other stories though:<\/p>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I have a friend who graduated from civil engineering and is working for a record company. He also works as a DJ in his part-time. He couldn\u2019t be happier.<\/p>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Another friend graduated from biology and although she would rather work in a lab or as an assistant teacher, she is making a decent income, has over a year of experience in sales and she just got a company car. I can\u2019t say her biology training never comes in handy. It is just not used in the way she imagined it.<\/p>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Another friend is working as a TA but she miserable with the professor who just prevents any sort of personal or professional progress for her.<\/p>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Another civil engineer is working as one and hates his hours and would rather work 9 to 5 for a bank as a consultant for buildings. Yeah, that\u2019s not exactly what he had in mind in college\u2026.<\/p>\n
Frankly, I could on forever. Why we feel we need to or want to take different paths is a different issue. Maybe it is the subject for another article. But after I met an MBA student with a BA in sociology, I decided it was time to write this article.<\/p>\n
How about you? Your friends? Is their work-related to their education? Are they happy or dissatisfied with this? What about the people you\u2019ve recently met?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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