Re:Being OK with not being extraordinary
by selimthegrim on Monday August 24, 2020 @11:06PM
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My aunt trained in medical illustration at the Cleveland Institute of Art. She switched to primary education years ago and could never get a gig in her original field.
Re:Being OK with not being extraordinary
by JohnBooty on Monday August 24, 2020 @11:43PM
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That's interesting to hear and, more importantly, I'm sorry to hear that.
Perhaps the man in the radio broadcast was able to succeed because he had the luxury of a (full? partial?) medical education as well.
(It's also worth noting that only a tiny fraction of the populace would be able to afford such an amount of education - he must've had soooooome trust fund, or indulgent parents, or something)
I once heard another example of a man who'd washed out of both medical school and art school, lacking the apitude and/or drive to really make it in either field. He wound up finding a very successful career as an illustrator of medical textbooks, as the number of people versed in both medicine and art is extremely small. He's booked up years in advance.
(That man's story was, I believe, part of an NPR news story roughly 15 years ago. I've not been able to find any mention of it since then!)
I've been able to combine good-but-not-elite skills in my own career in order to find success.