Les Jones

News > Why You Shouldn't go to Journalism School

From someone named "PPJ (AKA Jim)" in the comments at TalkLeft:

As a person who paid for a journalism degree....let me spell it out. Don't. The hours are lousy and the pay is worse. You can make more money bartending at the local Holiday Inn.

And to do better than that, you'll have to be in the top 1% of those who try. This is about the same odds as the average high school football player who you so urgently council to get an education in case they don't make it to the top.

Even worse, the Internet is about to make your job mostly not needed, just as it wiped out travel agents and research assistants, and a bevy of other professions who needed millions, now need only two.

Instead, become a plumber. The smell won't be as bad and people will always be glad to see you.