2 Very Different Choices in Careers. (Dreams not urgent choices)

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Steve Yun: Aug 7, 2003; I'm a parasitic landlord that needs to get a job instead of stealing worker's money. Make sure to remind me when I post.; Soiled Meat

PoorHobo posted:

Acting Pros:
Good Pay

I can't speak to what EOD wages are, but as to acting I can say there is a 99% certainty you will not make it as a "successful" actor with multiple gigs, and of the 100+ "successful" actors I personally know, I can count on maybe two hands how many are able to survive just on acting. Almost all of them have day jobs in unrelated fields, and a precious lucky few will have day jobs in entertainment, writing, directing, editing and producing.

It is a loving brutal field.

There are reasons to want be an actor, but making a living is not one of them.

Steve Yun fucked around with this message at 21:07 on Oct 20, 2014

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Steve Yun: Aug 7, 2003; I'm a parasitic landlord that needs to get a job instead of stealing worker's money. Make sure to remind me when I post.; Soiled Meat

Veskit posted:

Regardless of how dumb it is, there's no better time than to follow a dream than now and it sucks having people actively encourage you away from something like that. You've done the best you can when you give them all relevant information, and let them run along on their merry little way into a dumb direction until it doesn't work.

Like I said, there are reasons for wanting to be an actor, but

quote:

good pay

should never be one of them.

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