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Poll #4191 greenie's future
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when greenie grows up, she should be...
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graphic designer
12 (63.2%)
high school english teacher
2 (10.5%)
editor
3 (15.8%)
writer
1 (5.3%)
something else, which I will tell you about in comments
1 (5.3%)
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- It doesn't usually pay well.
- There are actually a lot of different editing jobs, and for a small company, editing and graphic design might get mashed up together. My boss at NCCER was in charge of both editors and the layout person, and she did the art herself.
- You might not need a degree. It helps when you're trying to get your first job, but experience counts for a lot more.
- How should I put this? It's tedious. I thought, going in, that I had a really high tolerance for tedium, but by the time that four years was up my attention span was shot. (This could have something to do with going on, then off, then on, then off antidepressants, but also, the job was just plain boring.)
- The company I worked for was really obnoxious about being in the office, on time, in business-casual clothes, with a reasonably organized desk. I think a lot of companies are more flexible and will let you work from home or work odd hours.
I would think there's some sort of "media" or "communication" degree where you could combine tech writing and graphic design classes. That would give you some flexibility re: editing, writing, graphic design, so if you decided you liked one better, you could move in that direction without much extra training.
And... actually, most English teachers I know were English majors in college, not education majors. Sooo... you don't have to make up your mind until close to the end if you start out just going for a general English major and taking classes that relate to all of the above.
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