Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/09/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Its the same for when I was getting into acting. Our teachers told us 99 percent of actors equity actors were unemployed. We should be teaching majors so we can teach other actors to teacher other actors to be teachers. But 88% of the actors in actors equity had not auctioned for anything in years. Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > From: Chris Crawford <chris at chriscrawfordphoto.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2012 07:28:54 -0400 > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: [Leica] Worst Majors for Careers > > Yahoo's stories are almost always poorly written and researched, and this > is no exception. Unemployment numbers are irrelevant to photographers and > artists because 99% of us are self-employed small businessmen. I am, by > definition, unable to be 'unemployed', since I own the business. A better > standard to judge photo and art majors by is rate of business success. The > yahoo story says the median income for art and photo people is $44,000 and > the starting average income is $30,000. I think those numbers are higher > than reality, except possibly in a few large cities like New York. > > -- > Chris Crawford > Fine Art Photography > Fort Wayne, Indiana > 260-437-8990 > > http://www.chriscrawfordphoto.com My portfolio > > http://blog.chriscrawfordphoto.com My latest work! > > http://www.facebook.com/pages/Christopher-Crawford/48229272798 > Become a fan on Facebook > > > > On 9/13/12 7:13 AM, "A. Lal" <alal at poly.edu> wrote: > >> No surprises here. Note number 3. >> >> http://finance.yahoo.com/news/worst-college-majors-for-your-career.html?pa >> ge=all >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information