Regrets, we have a few

[TheSportsPredictor]

 

[bumpy mcgee]

"Well, son, a funny thing about regret is that better to regret something you have done, than to regret something you haven't done." -- Butthole Surfershttps://genius.com/17879360/Butthol...ld-you-be-sure-and-tell-her-satan-satan-satan

 

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Source: ZipRecruiter monthly survey of job seekers.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Source: ZipRecruiter monthly survey of job seekers.

To be fair, people journalism grads seeking jobs are probably most likely to regret their life decisions.

 

[Oggiedoggie]

Nineteen-year-old me had most of this information when he took the dive into that pool.

If 60-year-old me went back in time to re-emphasize the economic and retirement consequences of that move, 19-year-old me wouldn't have listened.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

Nineteen-year-old me had most of this information when he took the dive into that pool.

If 60-year-old me went back in time to re-emphasize the economic and retirement consequences of that move, 19-year-old me wouldn't have listened.

Yep. I talked to a hell of a lot of working journalists when I was in high school and every last one of them said to major in something else. I didn't listen. (Ended up changing my major my junior year to the arguably less-useful Telecommunication and Film, but still went into journalism.)

 

[rtse11]

I switched from computer science to Communications (at a liberal arts college) with the intention of going into journalism. Honestly, I have few complaints. It took almost 3 years of Gannett to find the proverbial straw.

 

[MeanGreenATO]

Anyone who got into the business post-2008 clearly didn't do enough research. I was also told it was a bad idea and I didn't listen.

 

[MisterCreosote]

I feel like I've seen this chart, complete with journalism at the top, every year for the last three decades.

 

[OscarMadison]

No regrets regarding my many majors and eventual degree. It informs my desire to keep learning in disparate disciplines.

 

[Ice9]

I count my blessings every day I was able to pivot out of journalism and into marketing. I know it's hard for a lot of journalists to switch careers.

But then again, I don't know if I'd be as good of a marketer without cutting my teeth in journalism, because story is king whether you're in journalism, marketing or HVAC, and there's no better proving ground for storytellers than journalism.

 

[Azrael]

Having never finished college, I have no regrets.