<p>I’m pretty bleak about the employment issue in general. There are tens of thousands of unemployed engineers in the United States, while engineering jobs are outsourced overseas, amidst a corporate PR campaign arguing that there aren’t enough engineers in US. One rarely sees the reality behind that: a corporation can hire ten engineers in China and about 9 in India for the cost of one in America.</p>
<p>Beyond that, it has been apparent for a long time in any major American city that a bachelor’s degree has replaced the high school diploma as the basic entry-level credential for office work. Ask any receptionist you encounter and there is a very good chance he or she is a college graduate.</p>
<p>The entry-level job is the key there. That’s just to get you in the door. After that, your career depends on you ability.</p>
<p>So, BFA? BA? I don’t think it matters. Indeed, my son who was hiring for dotcoms during the dotcom bubble once told me that when push came to shove, he always hired people in the arts, or people who had served on the newspaper or yearbook, since they knew how to work in teams and understood that the show must go on and deadlines must be met.</p>