cziiki wrote:
Dagery wrote:
cziiki wrote:
Fantastique wrote:
why not go into IT or journalism...?
Ideally I'd love to, but I'm just weighing all options right now considering how much I owe, the current economy and the chances of me getting a job straight out of college.
Where (if at all) did you intern for either degree? Because you're much more likely to be hired there following graduation than anywhere else, given that they know you and have worked with you in the past. Which, of course, is quite obvious given the nature of an internship, but it's still an entirely valid point.
(On a side note, if you plan on going into journalism,
apply for "establishment" publications first. Seriously. What pisses me off about a lot of j-school grads is that they insist upon starting up their own "professional" blogs or other asinine ventures and then spend the next decade crying poormouth in want of a higher salary. Journalism isn't as much an art as it is a necessity --- providing information as objectively as possible to the reader should be your intended goal, and to do that you have to have an audience to work with in the first place. Food for thought.)
I haven't interned anywhere yet for either degree (despite numerous tries, and several interviews) and I'm currently writing/coding for our universities newspaper. In the past I did intern for a small startup and a Marketing and Communications Intern but I didn't do much.
And yeah, if I go into Journalism more than likely it'll be working with an established publication considering I have no desire to attempt to start up a popular blog. I enjoy writing news exactly as it appears, no spin, no point counterpoint (the masses can make their own opinions off of what they read instead of just joining the cause of whichever news organization can yell the loudest.)
Considering that you're able to code
and write, you'd be a huge asset to a digital production, particularly one that's less rigid in hiring practices. After all, what's not to like about someone who's able to simultaneously produce and implement content? Even if it's a smaller publication, you can still make a solid amount for an entry-level position.
Of course, if you absolutely cannot find anyone who's hiring, then perhaps military journalism could provide enough of a springboard for you to eventually find your way into the private sector. It's less glamorous and certainly more risky, but it is at the very least a sure paycheck.
