Demand soars for creative writing majors, with 6 figure incomes!

[jym626]

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A new Labor Department report shows the demand for creative writing majors grew last year to its highest level ever, making a bachelor’s degree in the field more valuable than even a triple major in engineering, computer science and business.
The rise in demand is leading to what Deborah Malarkest of the Washington Post describes as the advent of professional urban poets, or “Puppies” — a generation of creative writing majors who are becoming wealthy as companies fight to hire them.
The average starting salary in the U.S. for a creative writing major is now higher than six figures — $101,232, according to the report — and even higher for those with concentrations in poetry or playwriting.

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[gouf78]

<p>They must go to work for the government…</p>

[EllieMom]

<p>Writing has been the most useful skill that I got from my undergrad education. </p>

[jym626]

<p>Article says its corporate America</p>

[LucieTheLakie]

<p>It’s satire, dude! And not very funny satire at that. How’s that for irony?</p>

[mathyone]

<p>Sigh, too good to be true. I’ll tell my 8th grader not to stop planning for her day job just yet.</p>

[xiggi]

<p>The sad reality is that the demand for people who CAN write well should be extremely high. Companies are in dire need to balance the legions of quasi-illiterates they employ, especially in the new tech era of dewd speak. </p>

<p>Fwiw, it is the same story in Europe or Latin America, if not worse. </p>

[EllieMom]

<p>Excellent point, @xiggi</p>

<p>One of the reasons I like the CC parent boards is the fact that most of the posters can write and construct a logical argument. I spend too much of my time reviewing research reports that are unintelligibly written by smart people who have simply never been taught basic writing. </p>

[stressedouttt]

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@xiggi

The sad reality is that the demand for people who CAN write well should be extremely high. Companies are in dire need to balance the legions of quasi-illiterates they employ, especially in the new tech era of dewd speak.</p>

<p>Fwiw, it is the same story in Europe or Latin America, if not worse.

I’ve been told that as a physics and philosophy major, I would be desirable to employers since I have a hard science coupled (theoretically anyways :P) with the ability to write well. Is writing skill not a consideration at all?</p>

<p>It’s also worth mentioning that this thread is about creative writing majors. Very different from writing nonfiction.</p>

[mokusatsu]

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It’s also worth mentioning that this thread is about creative writing majors. Very different from writing nonfiction.

That’s why corporate public relations departments are hiring creative writing majors. </p>

[saintfan]

<p>One of my HS best friends was an English major at an intellectual LAC then went on to a PhD from Yale . . . American Studies or something along those lines. She was an amazing free lance writer until a few years ago when she joined corporate America as a technical writer for one of those giant companies that makes software. With a family she decide she wanted the benefits.</p>

<p>It took me a minute to get the joke, @mokusatsu but once I got it I loved it! :)) </p>

[xiggi]

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It’s also worth mentioning that this thread is about creative writing majors.

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<p>Perhaps the original article required a combination of creative minds and … critical reading skills. ;)</p>

[jym626]

<p>Was snared from the FBK pg of a friend who is a history professor at UIUC who apparently also only scanned it herself L-) </p>

[Snowdog]

<p>There are many jobs available for people who can write. I have written professionally and could do it again in a heartbeat if I wanted to do so (not for 6 figures unless there are more than 24 hours in the day). You’d be surprised how difficult it is to find good writers. Most people with a college degree think they are good writers - most are not. </p>

[BigTenProf]

<p>"Most people with a college degree think they are good writers - most are not. "</p>

<p>Snowdog, having just turned in grades for a class of desperate second-semester seniors trying to pass our College writing requirement, I second this most heartily. </p>